Boris Johnson was today urged to call an emergency Cobra meeting to ‘thrash out a rescue plan’ to save the NHS from its ‘devastating’ workforce crisis.
Damning statistics today showed the number of doctors and nurses off work because of the virus doubled in the fortnight before Christmas, with 28,000 absences on Boxing Day alone.
At the same time, the number of Covid-infected patients being treated in hospital has risen to levels last seen in February amid the rapid spread