A new Covid surge is a very heavy straw on the camel's back as every hospital in the UK is under significant pressure.
There were at least eight hospitals that asked people not to go to A&E if they were seriously ill last week. A senior emergency doctor said there were links between incidents like these and the rise in hospital admissions for Covid. The Office for National Statistics said it was too early to say if there was a Covid wave.
The system of emergency medicine is under-resourced according to the incoming president. We don't have enough beds and we don't have enough people to staff them.
Critical incidents are being called around the country because of covid. Hospitals are under a lot of pressure. The camel has covid on its back.
There were initial signs of an increase in Covid infections. There were longer than usual waits in the emergency departments. People who come to A&E without a life threatening emergency may be directed to a more appropriate service.
Hospitals in the north and the Midlands are having difficulty with demand. The alert was expanded to cover the whole of the county after the trust declared a critical incident.
There was a significant increase in people going to A&E at the Diana, Princess of Wales hospital in Grimsby.
St George's hospital in London asked people to only go to A&E if they were in a serious situation.
The first sticking-plaster should be used in social care, according to the new boss. We need to use what we have. People aren't kept in hospital waiting to leave because of that.
He said that winter could become very grim because of the spectre of a "twindemic" of flu and Covid. Long waits in emergency departments and ambulance handovers need to become a political priority. We need leadership and we need to invest.
One in nine nurses left their job in the last year, according to research by the Nuffield Trust.
An increase in Covid infections and hospitalisations should be a cause for concern according to the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing.
As we head into winter, it is important that healthcare leaders remain alert and ready to act to prevent any further spread of the virus. Everyone knows what happened last winter and they don't want to go backwards.
Saffron Cordery said trusts had become more efficient at dealing with Covid.
We need to be clear that we are back to where we were before. We need to think about the impact on patients and staff as well as what it means for them to go through this again. With a twindemic this winter, we will see a spike in demand and more staff will be absent.
She said that the health secretary should support the workforce of the health service.
Covid was the sixth leading cause of death with more than 300 people dying each week according to Dr. Raleigh.
The investigation found that the failures of the healthcare system led to the deaths.
She said that it was a stark reminder that the virus remained a threat. The rise in cases is in line with what has been expected as winter approaches. It's important to act now to prevent further hospitalisation and deaths.
Raleigh said that people at higher risk of Covid should bevaccinated. It's important for people from deprived and ethnic minority communities because of the impact Covid-19 has had on them. She said that wearing a mask on public transportation would help.
The deaths have been higher than expected due to Covid-19 deaths. There is a chance that the toll of deaths could go up. During the summer months, when demand for health care is usually lower, the National Health Service was over-crowded. We urge the Government to address longstanding staffing and funding deficits in the National Health Service and social care services that pre-date the Pandemic.
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