Austerity pushed NHS to the brink before Covid-19 crisis, think-tank says
More than four-in-five English hospitals had “dangerously low” spare capacity on the eve of the crisis.
More than four-in-five English hospitals had “dangerously low” spare capacity on the eve of the crisis.
He said "given the link between obesity and coronavirus, losing weight could be lifesaving.”
"Longstanding issues with bed capacity and workforce shortages will continue to slow the health service down compared to other systems in the race to recovery."
MPs voted down amendments to the bill earlier this week, one of which would have prevented the NHS from being included in any post-Brexit trade deal.
They have excluded nurses and care workers from pay rises, scrapped free parking and put the NHS on the line in future trade talks.
During the 2019 election, Jeremy Corbyn warned that the Conservatives were planning to include the NHS in a future trade agreement with the US.
Caroline Lucas put forward the amendment, calling for "red lines in the negotiations" rather than more "warm words and nice rhetoric".
The outbreak took place in North Lanarkshire despite the service only tracking cases in England.
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