The extra resources will also aid help deliver other urgent operations and cancer treatments.
A deal has been struck between the NHS and independent hospitals that will see thousands more beds, ventilators and extra healthcare staff made available to help fightNHS England said on Saturday that nearly 20,000 fully qualified staff will be joining the health service’s response to the pandemic, helping to manage an expected surge in cases.
, the UK’s worst-hit region, it includes over 2000 hospital beds, and over 250 operating theatres and critical beds.NHS England said on Saturday that nearly 20,000 fully qualified staff will be joining the health service’s response to the pandemic It comes as ministers continue to face mounting pressure to give front-line NHS staff the protective equipment they need as they tackle the coronavirus crisis.Former Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt joined calls for the Government to ‘sort this out’, adding: ‘We are asking people to put their own lives at risk on the NHS front line.
‘It is absolutely heart-breaking when NHS front-line professionals don’t have the equipment that they need. ‘I think the Government has done a lot in the last week. I think they have unblocked the supply chains, but there is this question about whether it is the right equipment.’
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