departments, and to make inroads into the backlog of care that built up into the backlog of care that built up and was building up before covid and built up a lot more during covid. that balancing act, meeting demand and making inroads into the backlog, is a tough thing to do it the best of times, it is impossible to do when you are losing around half your medical staff. so there is no question that the targets we have set for ourselves, the aims we have got to reduce those waiting lists are going to be dented by this and thatis are going to be dented by this and that is a real pity. because we had been making progress, we had got to the stage at the end of march where we massively reduced almost to zero the number of people waiting more than 18 months for example for a procedure. so it is kind of heartbreaking if you have been a leader in the health service, anyone in the health service, and you have got those waiting this down, you have got, achieve the balancing act and lo
ask, but that is in the background of 15 years ask, but that is in the background of 15 years of real terms pay cuts. the reason of 15 years of real terms pay cuts. the reason it is a big ask isjunior doctors the reason it is a big ask isjunior doctors have the reason it is a big ask isjunior doctors have faced a huge pay cut over that doctors have faced a huge pay cut over that period. just to break it down over that period. just to break it down into over that period. just to break it down into what that means per hour, junior down into what that means per hour, junior doctors working in the nhs today junior doctors working in the nhs today paid £14 per hour. we are asking today paid £14 per hour. we are asking that to be put back up to £19 per hour~ asking that to be put back up to £19 per hour. our colleagues in 2008 were per hour. our colleagues in 2008 were paid per hour. our colleagues in 2008 were paid at similar levels and we don t were paid at simi
A recent research has suggested that doing less exercise could deactivate a vital protein in the body, causing further inactivity and making exercise even more
A recent research has suggested that doing less exercise could deactivate a vital protein in the body, causing further inactivity and making exercise even more
SANTIAGO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) Chile on Monday registered less than 1,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, after three days of over 1,000 ca