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Usual winter pressures, and you've got a wave of people who are off sick because they have got covid or indeed for other reasons, but covid is a very substantially can to beating to beat into that. we now expect the peak in younger people to come before the peak in older people so it may well be that the workforce problems start to decrease before we start to see any decrease in the number of people coming into hospital, in fact, they could still, very well, be going up for quite some time. so, workforce problems also apply to things like transport and critical services and so on. so i think t...

Circulating in children, people in contract with children, and it is now going to spread into older adults at much higher risk of severe disease. ., ., u, , adults at much higher risk of severe disease. ., ., , ., ,, disease. there are now calls for nhs workers to be _ disease. there are now calls for nhs workers to be prioritised _ disease. there are now calls for nhs workers to be prioritised for - workers to be prioritised for lateral flow tests to ease winter pressures. the government says the number of kits will triple by early next year after supply was recently described as patchy.— d...

It comes after latest estimates from the 0ns survey suggest one in 30 people in the uk tested positive for covid heading into christmas, a new record high for infections. hospitals in northampton, sheffield and rotherham have temporarily suspended visiting due to the high number of omicron cases. 0ur health correspondent anna collinson has more. while most of us are looking forward to celebrating this new year's eve, it's a different story for nhs workers. with winter pressures intensifying, made worse by staff sickness. , . ' intensifying, made worse by staff sickness. , . , ., intensifying, ...

With about 4% of staff in acute trusts absent, up by nearly 60% on the week before. 0ur health correspondent anna collinson reports. while most of us are looking forward to celebrating this new year's eve, it's a different story for nhs workers, with winter pressures intensifying, made worse by staff sickness. the staff that are at work will be caring for more patients, trying to do more to cover for their missing colleagues, working extra hours, starting early, finishing late. the pressure will be immense. staff absences are already leading to cancelled appointments and longer waiting times. ...

Tests to ease winter pressures. the government says the number of kits will triple by early next year after supply was recently described as patchy. some pharmacists for example didn't receive anything yesterday, so i have been asking around in terms of, like, if people have had their supply. some pharmacies received one box, some received two, but some received none. so, it's very patchy, it's inconsistent. if we are to meet the demand and follow the government guidelines, there's got to be better organisation around this. the key weapon aginst 0micron is the boosterjab and uk governments say...