Could the NHS be overwhelmed in two weeks?

Is the NHS just weeks from the toughest moment in its history?

Chief medical officer Chris Whitty has said the next few weeks will be the worst of the pandemic, and the mayor of London declared a major incident in the city on Friday. Today we speak to doctors on the frontline.

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Guests:

• Kat Lay, health editor, The Times. • Dr Pushpo Babul Hossain, junior doctor in South London. • Dr Christine Watson, intensive care consultant, Nottingham University Hospitals. • Dr Adrian Boyle, consultant emergency physician and vice president, Royal College of Emergency Medicine. • An anonymous respiratory consultant in South London.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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Release date

Lydbog: 12. januar 2021