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Implement ‘plan B’ winter measures now or risk NHS crisis, Johnson warned
Exclusive: NHS Confederation head fears efforts to tackle backlog of 5 million patients will be derailed
Ministers must urgently implement sweeping “plan B” winter measures or derail efforts to tackle the backlog of 5 million patients, the head of the NHS Confederation warned as the UK recorded its highest daily Covid death toll since March.
Infections have been rising sharply since the start of October but the government is resisting introducing the extra restrictions set out in its winter plan such as masks, vaccine passports and advice to work from home.
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