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She quit her staff job so she could take on shifts when she felt able. Kirsty said: “We were experiencing a staffing crisis prior to the pandemic, so the impact now is off the scale.
“We’ve had an exodus of intensive care and theatre staff due to the horrors they faced.
“We’ve got staff leaving for admin roles that will pay more for a lot less stress. We’re being asked to do more and more but have nothing left to give. Our best isn’t enough any more.”
Speaking anonymously, a nurse of 24 years
Fans want their idol freed told the Sunday Mirror how she had never wanted to leave the profession – until now. She said: “Being a nurse is all I’ve ever wanted but I’m exhausted. I dread going to work as I never know what I’ll have to face. We’re often shortstaffed, so those who are left are barely able to deliver the most basic care.”
The number of hospital staff absent in England due to Covid soared almost 60% on January 2 to 39,142. MPs also revealed this week that the NHS is short of
93,000 workers. The Commons health and social care select
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Anti-vaxxers join crowd committee said the stretched health service was facing an “unquantifiable challenge”.
Chairman and former health secretary Jeremy Hunt said: “Omicron is exacerbating the problem, but we already had a serious staffing crisis with a burnt-out workforce.
“The NHS will be able to deliver little more than day-to-day fire-fighting unless the Government wakes up to the scale of the staffing crisis.” A Government spokesman said there were “record numbers” of doctors and nurses working in the NHS with “over 5,100 more doctors and over 9,700 more nurses compared to last year”.
He added: “We are doing all we can to support our health and care staff, including their mental health and wellbeing, with dedicated services like helplines and the wellbeing hub. NHS staff have rightly received a 3% pay rise this year and we are
PROTESTS against tennis star Novak Djokovic’s immigration detention were stepped up in Australia yesterday.
Anti-vaxxers joined tennis fans to demand the government allows the world No1 to play in the Open.
Djokovic yesterday spent another day in a Melbourne hotel ahead of a court hearing tomorrow. He was denied entry into Australia on Wednesday.
Djokovic’s lawyers will argue that the 34-year-old Serbian – who has said he is opposed to vaccination – had a vaccine exemption to enter the country after a Covid infection on December 16. But Border Force officials said that was not a valid reason to enter the country without a vaccination.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison later confirmed this was the case under federal rules, despite the exemption provided by the Victoria state government.
Djokovic’s lawyers are expected to claim the decision to revoke his visa was affected by a variety of “jurisdictional errors”. Meanwhile Czech star Renata Voracova – held in the same hotel as Djokovic after her visa was cancelled – is said to have been deported. The 38-year-old who had already played in a tourn-ament in Melbourne, also had a vaccine exemption.
Djokovic’s supporters’ anger was further deepened yesterday as reports claimed officials had rejected the star’s request for a personal chef and a tennis court.
No chef for Novak
Picture: DIEGO FEDELE/GETTY IMAGES committed to reducing vacancy numbers and growing the workforce.” Scientists warn the NHS faces further pressures with a surge in hospitalisations following mixing at Christmas.
Prof Christina Pagel, of Independent Sage, said: “That is a particular worry for hospitals.”
Experts also warn of another surge now schools are back. More under-18s have been infected in the last three weeks than caught the virus over six months of the 2020 first wave.
Half a million new vaccination appointments for 12 to 15-year-olds were announced yesterday.
In the next two weeks, hundreds of schools will also be visited by vaccination teams offering second jabs. More than 1.4 million pupils – just over half – have already had their first dose.
Mia Ioannides, 14, from London, will be among the teens getting their second jab this month. She had her first vaccination in October and said: “I was a bit anxious because of the needle, but it wasn’t that bad in the end.”
Children are eligible for a second vaccine 12 weeks after their first jab.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said: “Vaccines will protect young people, help keep schools open and protect their friends and families.”
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