THE full extent of the toll of the pandemic on the NHS and its staff is yet to be seen. But from what we have seen thus far we can predict that the ongoing impact on the workforce and the NHS will be huge. The NHS has a staff shortage of 100,000, which was set to rise to 250,000 by 2030 before the pandemic. Now as many as one in three workers are considering leaving the NHS, with the pandemic highlighting the mental health — and indeed the financial health — problems many of us face. On the front line we’re seeing whole wards being wiped out with staff sickness.