99% of doctors say NHS can’t cope

A survey has found that over 99% of 1,618 NHS medics were not in agreement with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s assurances that the health service could cope with a major coronavirus outbreak in the UK.

Doctors raised concerns around a lack of intensive care and high-dependancy beds, poor staffing levels, lack of personal protective equipment and inappropriate advice to attend A&E/GP practices being given by NHS 111.

Further concerns cited a lack of laboratory capacity to test for potential cases if a pandemic event were to arise.

“Our local hospital seems to have been constantly on ‘internal incident declared’ (no beds available) for the past six months – how exactly can the NHS cope with the surge in demand coronavirus will bring? I very much worry that there will be nowhere near the ITU beds and staff required,” said one Doctor surveyed by DAUK.

https://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/doctors_worried_nhs_is_unprepared_for_coronavirus_as_government_unveils_action_plan_1327780