NHS operations could be cancelled for months this winter, senior medics warn Thousands of operations could be cancelled for months this winter, leading medics have warned, as the NHS prepares to announce plans to cope with mounting pressures.
The Society for Acute Medicine raised fears that services could be “overwhelmed” by a bad flu season, accusing the Government of doing little more than “crossing fingers” that a crisis can be averted.
Health officials will today launch their annual Stay Well This Winter campaign, urging at-risk groups to be vaccinated against flu. It is part of wider attempts to ease pressures on hospitals, with plans to expand the number of A&E consultants in the long-term. The Daily Telegraph
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