before we turn to well. i was going to ask about covid before we turn to some well. i was going to ask about covid before we turn to some of- well. i was going to ask about covid before we turn to some of the - well. i was going to ask about covid| before we turn to some of the other challenges emergency departments are facing at the moment. there are quite complicated protocols for how you deal with covid when it is in a hospital which date from the pandemic. how hard is it to manage those with the additional pressures? extremely difficult. in fact, it is unfortunately nigh on impossible simply because of the overcrowding in emergency departments and some of our ward environments, it is difficult to isolate these patients, and because covid is an airborne virus, as colleagues now accept, it is impossible to keep people as safe as we would like them with strict infection control measures. that is a particular infection control measures. that is a particular problem infection con
it is difficult to isolate these patients, and because covid is an airborne virus, as colleagues now accept, it is impossible to keep people as safe as we would like them to with stringent infection control measures. that is a particular problem presumably because many of the people when they are finally admitted to hospital, they are with conditions that already mean their immune system to some extent or another is compromised. that s right. and patients either getting flu or covid in hospital remains a risk and a significant challenge we have to face. we are doing our best to manage that but it is a risk. are you worried people are becoming frightened, notjust to go to hospital but even to call 999? that has become a concern. we are doing our best to deliver high quality care but as colleagues have outlined in the last few months we are struggling deliver the standard of care we want to deliver and when members of the public and patients hear
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