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Cabinet Office sets out plan for bringing services like cleaning and security back in-house
HEALTH unions warned of impending crisis today after an expert predicted that a large wave of Covid-19 in the autumn could see 1,000 people admitted to hospital each day.
Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London said that current case rates are sobering as we head into September, when social mixing will increase as schools return.
But he added that it is unlikely that any surge in hospital admissions will lead to the levels of deaths seen earlier this year, thanks to the vaccination programme.
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Government urged ‘to tackle the root causes’ of the NHS crisis and improve ‘social care services’
