NHS managers concerned about second wave

Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, told the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus (APPG), that NHS managers were concerned about a second wave.

"I would say in relation to the second spike issue or something coming, the levels of concern among our members - the people who are leading NHS trusts, who are leading in primary care and all levels in the systems - is very high," he said.

"I mean, of course, there's real concern about winter and the compounding factors there, but also about an earlier spike.

"We have already mentioned exhausted staff (and) we are already trying to rebuild other services."

He said non-Covid productivity in NHS trusts was currently at about 60 per cent.

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