STAFF burnout in the NHS and social care has reached emergency levels and poses a risk to the future of services, MPs have warned.

In a highly critical report published today, the Commons health and social care committee calls for immediate action to support staff who are exhausted from working throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. 

The crisis is likely to exacerbate pre-existing problems such as serious staff shortages, the report will say, with the Royal College of Nursing telling MPs that there were 50,000 nursing vacancies in Britain prior to the pandemic.