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“NHS does not have enough staff to man Covid surge facilities” DAUK in the Independent

The NHS does not have enough medics to staff beds in “surge hubs” for Covid patients being set up at hospitals around England, a representative of health service managers has warned. The chief executive of NHS Providers, Chris Hopson, said that an “emergency staffing model” will be needed, with recently retired doctors and nurses and…

DAUKs Dr David Nicholl speaks about Omicron on international News X

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DAUK in the BMJ: “Give NHS staff working with patients higher grade masks”

NHS staff who work directly with patients should have routine access to face masks that offer high protection because covid-19 infections threaten to overwhelm services, doctors’ leaders have said. Three national organisations said that filtering facepiece respirators (FFP3s) should be made fully available because of the increased transmissibility of the…

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DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on Covid test shortage: “Move key workers to the front of the queue”

NHS and care staff should be moved to the front of the queue for lateral flow and PCR tests amid a shortage of the devices, senior health figures say. Dr David Nicholl, spokesperson for grassroots lobbying group Doctors’ Association UK, said: “It is imperative that all members of the public have…

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