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SIR – The cost of the war in Ukraine to the world economy is incalculable. The cost of providing all the military resources it requires to repel the Russians would be negligible in comparison.

The Covid-19 pandemic was a preventable disaster with weak links at every point in the chain of preparedness and response.

Some hospitals faced difficulty delivering oxygen to patients during the Covid-19 pandemic (Peter Byrne/PA) At least 12 hospitals had concerns over delivering oxygen to patients during the Covid-19 pandemic, a safety watchdog has warned. A new report, published by the Healthcare Safety Investigation branch (HSIB) on Thursday, stated that “excessive” demands on oxygen delivery systems in hospitals during the second wave of the pandemic led to a “major disruption”, forcing patients to be diverted to other hospitals and elective surgery being cancelled during the autumn of 2020. It added...

A nurse checking on a patient suffering with Covid-19 on the critical care unit (Image: PA Wire/PA Images) Want Stoke-on-Trent news emailed to you direct from our journalists? Sign up to our newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Concerns over oxygen delivery to patients being treated during the pandemic were raised by 12...