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Welsh Government allows health boards to stop non-Covid NHS services if services become overwhelmed
It may lead to outpatient clinics and some cancer treatments being postponed this winter
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Welsh health boards have been told they can halt some non Covid-19 treatments and appointments if services become overwhelmed in the coming weeks. In a statement on Thursday, Health Minister Vaughan Gething set out a series of options which health boards could implement if pressures continue to rise.
Posted: Fri 11th Dec 2020
“Staff are truly exhausted, mentally and physically, and they are extremely concerned about what January will bring”
This article is old - Published: Friday, Dec 11th, 2020
“Staff are truly exhausted, mentally and physically, and they are extremely concerned about what January will bring.”
That is the message from BMA Cymru Wales, British Association of Occupational Therapists, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, GMB, Royal College of Midwives, Royal College of Nursing Wales, Society of Radiographers, Unison and Unite, which have come together to highlight the impact the rise in cases is having on NHS staff and to urge the public to do all they can to protect the NHS.
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