and now the omicron variant. and when people invoke the story of the boy who cried wolf, the warnings that came before but never materialised, people should remember that in the end, there was a wall. many of these challenges facing the nhs are understandable, given the unprecedented challenges of the covid 19 pandemic. but we have got to be honest and acknowledge that confronting these challenges has been made much harder because we went into the pandemic with nhs waiting list that were to record a 4.5 million, 100,000 staff vacancies and a shortage of hundred and 12,000 vacancies in social care. it wasn t just that they didn t fix the roof while the sun was shining, it was they dismantled the roof and remove they dismantled the roof and remove the floorboards. now the nhs is locked in a race against time. a race against the fastest variant of covid 19 that we have seen to date. a race to get as many people boosted
calling for for some while and which we support, like improving the housing options for older and disabled people and the potential for technology to improve standards of care, but there are two central flaws in this government s approach. ministers have utterly failed to deal with the immediate pressures facing social care as we head into one of the most difficult winters on record. and they have failed to set out the long term vision and more fundamental reforms we need to deliver a care system fit for the future. last week we learned that a staggering 400,000 older and disabled people are now on council waiting lists for care. with 40,000 waiting lists for care. with 40,000 waiting more than a year. there are over 100,000 staff vacancies and turnover rates are soaring and because of these shortages, one and a half million hours of home care couldn t be delivered between august and october alone and have, half of
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mandate will play out there. a court issued an injunction friday night against the measure which would have required all teachers to provide proof of one shot by monday. the department of education says the court s ruling puts students at risk. a teachers union is celebrating the delay saying it gives the mayor and education officials time to come up with a plan to handle the expected staff vacancies the mandate would create. i m talking to you reporter: new york city s police commissioner is pushing everyone in the nypd to get the shot pointing out eight members of the force are hospitalized with covid-19, some in critical condition and all unvaccinated. and joining me now is cnn contributor dr. abdul al said, former city health director for detroit. good morning to you, doctor. i want to get your reaction to this. this temporary injunction preventing new york city from