NHS staff fear speaking out over crisis in English hospitals - Nurses alarmed at staffing levels, infection control and myths spreading on social media

I think sad and unfortunate reality is hospitals and beds are largely empty. Statistics show 2000 people in ICU with Covid. You’d think a country of 80mn people had more than 2000 ICU beds. Sure, some hospitals may be overwhelmed but this will be due to:

• ⁠lazy NHS staff not working during holiday period • ⁠useless NHS management too slow to procure what’s needed (oxygen, PPE, etc) • ⁠no money to procure, and useless NHS management to slow and unable to quickly go through process of requesting emergency funding • ⁠useless NHS management unable to allocate staff to where it is needed

Why do you think press is banned from hospitals and staff are not allowed to speak out. It’s all a big cover up.

Truth hurts. Instead of downvoting and being offended, do some research. 2000 in ICU. That’s less than many schools have pupils.

The truth hurts. Ask yourself, what is the evidence of full beds other than a few people on the payroll and government stating such.

A ‘world beating’ country of 80m cannot handle 2000 ICU patients. A single wartime hospital handled more than this.

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