Hundreds of troops are being deployed at London hospitals to replace staff isolating with Omicron as the NHS grapples with a critical workforce shortage.
Around 200 armed forces personnel are being made available to hospitals across the capital
The Royal College of Nursing has said the deployment means Boris Johnson can no longer deny there is a ‘staffing crisis’ within the NHS. ‘Once the military has been brought in, where does the government turn next in a bid to ‘ride out’ the wave rather than deal with it?’ Around 1,800 service personnel are already deployed across the UK to support the civil authorities in their response to the pandemic.
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