No matter how incredibly transmissible omicron is…it is different from previous variants. Critical incidents and stopped routine care Plymouth Derriford, Blackpool, and Morecambe Bay NHS Trusts have followed United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust into declaring critical incidents (the highest state of alert) over staff absences. Flogging a dead-tired workforce “We're increasing the number of staff,” the prime minister also promised. When is a tent in a hospital car park not a tent in a hospital car park? While so far it looks like omicron causes less critical illness, it still causes illness and some hospital admissions.

Source: The Times January 06, 2022 10:21 UTC