Health Services: Coronavirus
(asked on 14th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that NHS capacity is maintained in the event of staff sickness or bed occupancy over the winter months due to covid-19.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 27th July 2022
NHS England is currently working with local systems to review capacity and pressures. Further guidance for the National Health Service on winter planning and priorities is expected to be issued in due course.