Coronavirus is ‘greatest challenge NHS has ever faced’
NHS ENGLAND is cancelling all non-urgent operations for the next three months to free up beds for coronavirus patients.
Asked if that felt right, Sir Patrick said: "We've tried to get a handle on that in Sage and if you put all the modelling information together, that's a reasonable ballpark way of looking at it.Health Secretary Matt Hancock said yesterday that all elective surgery that was not time sensitive would either be delayed or cancelled.
"He asked manufacturers to rise to this immediate challenge by offering skills and expertise, as well as manufacturing the components themselves. It comes as scientists warned the UK had "no time to lose" in changing tactics in order to prevent thousands of deaths and the NHS being overwhelmed. Special guidance will be issued by the NHS for the 1.4 million people most at risk from the disease - including the elderly and those with underlying health conditions - on further measures they need to take to "shield" themselves.England's deputy chief medical officer insisted the stricter measures to tackle coronavirus had been introduced "certainly not too late".
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
An anguished cry from the NHS front line: coronavirus is about to explode among medical staffLike many other Telegraph journalists, I have received a number of emails from well-informed doctors and medical staff working at the front of the NHS.
Read more »
Coronavirus UK: NHS REFUSE to test frontline medics as they issue harsh warning to staffPUBLIC Health England has ruled out coronavirus testing for frontline NHS staff unless they are admitted to hospital suffering suspected pneumonia or acute respiratory illness.
Read more »
Restaurant offers free meals to NHS staff fighting coronavirus on front lineIt's the latest in a series of kind gestures towards NHS doctors and nurses who are facing a coronavirus crisis that is expected to worsen in the coming days
Read more »
UK's coronavirus plan won't work and will cripple NHS, say 1,000 frontline staffSend your letters to lettersindependent.co.uk
Read more »
Britain must change course – and resume Covid-19 testing to protect frontline NHS staff | Devi SridharMany doctors and nurses don’t understand why the UK isn’t doing more to control the spread, says public health professor Devi Sridhar
Read more »
'I'm losing faith in the leadership': a NHS doctor's storyWorking on the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak, a doctor is ‘terrified’ about the lack of protective equipment and ‘cannot understand why they have stopped testing’
Read more »