BBCNEWS BBC News at One January 7, 2022 13:02:00
Staff absences caused by covid are making hospital care unsafe — that's the warning from the main nursing union, the rcn. absences are up more than 40% in a week in england, and about one in eight hospitals are in a critical incident, which means they're struggling to provide core services. the armed forces have been called in to help. 200 personnel have been deployed in the capital, with another 1800 around the rest of the uk. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports. like many hospitals, kingston in south—west london has been tackling a rise in covid admissions over christmas ...
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