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Than we were expecting and that basically means we�*ve got 16,500 beds with covid patient in them. we�*ve got 70,000 staff off at the moment. about 40% of whom are due to covid. we�*ve also got 20,000 medically fit patients we cannot discharge partly because of the pressure on social care and that�*s due to the impact of covid, as well. something like 4,000 of the 10,000 care homes are currently experiencing covid outbreaks. wherever you look, in the nhs and our wider health care system, it is under very significant pressure at the moment. are there any moves that the public or governm...

Sophie hutchinson, bbc news. earlier i spoke with chris hopson, chief executive of nhs providers — the organisation which represents nhs trusts. i asked him to tell us about the pressure of nhs services across the country. the nhs is going absolutely flat out. we know we've got to get through the backlogs that have built up through the backlogs that have built up as a result of covid—19. we know we have a pressured casual two care pathway. —— a&e care pathway. we are seeing longer waits for accident and emergency. wherever you look it is pressured. 0ne emergency. wherever you look it i...

Week among primary and secondary school pupils. we've got children off across the school, i think we are up to the high 20s of children who had tested positive but, on top of that, we have staff whose children have tested positive, so they are trying to juggle childcare with their partners. it's really difficult. the question, with infection rising among children, will it spread through to older age groups? there is uncertainty to among new variants, there is one under investigation in the uk at the growth in denmark. experts, though, say it is early days. more data is needed and there is, as ...

In the latest 24—hour period. it means there were 92,000 new cases on average per day in the last week. the number of people in hospital with covid has fallen again. it isjust over 16,500. another 346 deaths were reported, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 262 deaths per day. on vaccinations, just over 37 million people have had a boosterjab. that's nearly 6a.5% of those aged 12 and over. meanwhile, from tomorrow, the legal requirement for face coverings in public places in england will be dropped, but some businesses, transp...

To make improvements. all of the uk's nations are trying to outwit cancer. talk of a new plan for england is just the latest attempt to do that. hugh pym, bbc news. the government's latest figures show coronavirus cases in the uk remain stable, withjust over 84,000 new cases recorded in the latest 24—hour period. on average, nearly 88,000 infections have been reported per day in the last week. there are more than 16,500 people in hospital with covid. 254 deaths have been reported — that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test, though some will have died of other causes. on a...