UK Government Told to 'Wake Up' as Omicron Wave Exacerbates Health Staffing Crisis

LONDON (Sputnik) – Plans to clear a record 5.8 million patient backlog in the National Health Service (NHS) triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic could fail unless the government “wakes up” and addresses the staffing crisis in the emergency care sector, a report from a British parliamentary committee warned on Thursday.