risks in and do what we can now to reduce the risks in a and do what we can now to reduce the risks in a way and do what we can now to reduce the risks in a way that doesn t disrupt our day to day life, or do we somehow our day to day life, or do we somehow cross our fingers and hope that a somehow cross our fingers and hope that a miracle will happen, and then stumble. that a miracle will happen, and then stumble. as that a miracle will happen, and then stumble, as we have done before, stumble stumble, as we have done before, stumble into crisis? stumble, as we have done before, stumble into crisis? we ve had our lockdowns. stumble into crisis? we ve had our lockdowns. we stumble into crisis? we ve had our lockdowns, we managed stumble into crisis? we ve had our lockdowns, we managed to - stumble into crisis? we ve had ouri lockdowns, we managed to reopen stumble into crisis? we ve had our - lockdowns, we managed to reopen the economy lockdowns, we managed to reope
our day to day life, or do we somehow cross our fingers and hope that a miracle will happen? then stumble, as we have done before, stumble, as we have done before, stumble into crisis. brute stumble, as we have done before, stumble into crisis. stumble into crisis. we have had a lock downs stumble into crisis. we have had a lock downs and stumble into crisis. we have had a lock downs and we stumble into crisis. we have had a lock downs and we have stumble into crisis. we have had a lock downs and we have managed | stumble into crisis. we have had a l lock downs and we have managed to over come lock downs and we have managed to over come of the economy. those gains over come of the economy. those gains were over come of the economy. those gains were very hard one and i don t want gains were very hard one and i don t want to gains were very hard one and i don t want to reverse back to a situation where want to reverse back to a situation where we want to reverse bac
before, stumble into crisis. ministers ruled out plan b for now. we are looking at data on an hourly basis. we don t feel it is time for plan b right now. i think what we are trying to do is get people who haven t been vaccinated to get those vaccinations up, increase the uptake of the boosterjab. scotland, wales and northern ireland all currently have tighter restrictions, including mandatory face coverings in some public places. yesterday, downing street said the government was not complacent and there d been no discussion about moving plan b in england, while the key message was the vital importance of the vaccine booster programme. hugh pym, bbc news. how bad are the pressures currently facing accident and emergency departments? to answer that, we can speak
on the nhs becomes unsustainable, with measures including compulsory face coverings in some settings, vaccine passports and more working from home. scotland, wales and northern ireland all currently have tighter restrictions, including mandatory face coverings in some public places. yesterday downing street said the government was not complacent and there d been no discussion about moving plan b in england, while the key message was the vital importance of the vaccine booster programme. hugh pym, bbc news. managers running care services in england say staff shortages are so acute, they have to make difficult decisions about which patients they can support. the national care forum says it shows the stark reality of the pressure the care system is under. here s our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. this is vital work, caring for people who are older or disabled, either in a care home like this or in their own home. but it s become so difficult to fill
of the vaccine booster programme. hugh pym, bbc news. at 5 o clock, the health secretary sajid javid will be holding a briefing from downing street. he will be joined by drjenny harries, chief executive of the uk health security agency and professor stephen powis, national medical director of nhs england. we ll bring you full coverage of that briefing, right here on the bbc news channel, from 5 o clock. earlier we spoke to dr ian higginson from the royal college of emergency medicine. 0ur our members all over the country are saying the emergency department situation is pretty grim right now given the numbers of patients we are seeing through our doors, and the fact that many of our hospitals are already full to bursting. it’s already full to bursting. it s robabl