{"id":142591,"date":"2021-10-24T21:44:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=142591"},"modified":"2021-10-24T21:44:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:44:49","slug":"4000-troops-are-on-standby-to-help-the-nhs-cope-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/4000-troops-are-on-standby-to-help-the-nhs-cope-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"4,000 troops are on standby to help the NHS cope this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Could the Army be the answer? 4,000 troops are on standby to help the NHS cope if it is in danger of becoming overwhelmed this winter<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scientists are concerned over seasonal pressures on already stretched hospitals<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Troops are ready to administer vaccines, test for Covid and drive ambulances<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Emerged yesterday ministers considering \u2018restructuring\u2019 the NHS waiting list\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Four thousand troops are on standby to aid the NHS deal with a winter crisis, the Defence Secretary said last night.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Wallace said they are \u2018ready to help\u2019 carry out tasks such as administering vaccines, testing for Covid, driving ambulances and providing general support in hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation is among the surest signs yet that ministers are on \u2018a war footing\u2019 ahead of a feared winter crisis in the NHS.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/24\/21\/49584117-10126201-image-m-72_1635108027687.jpg\" height=\"581\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Four thousand troops are on standby to aid the NHS deal with a winter crisis, the Defence Secretary (pictured) said last night<\/p>\n<p>Scientists are increasingly concerned over the impact that coronavirus, flu and other seasonal pressures could have on already stretched hospitals in the weeks ahead.<\/p>\n<p>And it emerged yesterday that ministers in England are considering \u2018restructuring\u2019 the NHS waiting list to counter fears that it is becoming overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>Many obese patients who are waiting for minor operations but have been told they must first lose weight could be removed from waiting lists.<\/p>\n<p>Last week the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust declared a critical incident, with up to 100 patients waiting to be seen in the emergency department and 25 ambulances waiting outside.<\/p>\n<p>Managers contacted staff asking them to work extra hours to help handle \u2018intense pressures\u2019 and families were urged to contact wards if they could provide support to enable someone waiting for home care to leave hospital sooner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several Scottish health boards are pleading for further military support to help them cope with soaring demand and to roll out the booster vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Wallace, speaking in Scotland, said: \u2018We\u2019ve got plenty [of armed forces personnel available] and in winter we put on standby thousands of military personnel, mainly because of our experience of floods and things.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have already put on standby something like 4,000-plus people, for the whole of the United Kingdom.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Pledging that more support will be provided in Scotland if needed, he said: \u2018They [the Armed Forces] all belong to the United Kingdom. Nicola Sturgeon might be SNP but if the people of Scotland need the support of defence, they\u2019ll get it.\u2019 However, he warned that additional support from military personnel cannot be used to let devolved governments \u2018off the hook\u2019 for policy failings. It will only be provided for the \u2018next few months\u2019, or however long the pandemic lasts, but should not be expected beyond that.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the UK\u2019s top gynaecologist warned last night that NHS maternity services are near breaking point.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/24\/21\/49584197-0-image-m-70_1635107604454.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the UK\u2019s top gynaecologist warned last night that NHS maternity services are near breaking point<\/p>\n<p>Dr Edward Morris, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said: \u2018We\u2019re becoming increasingly concerned about the immense pressures facing our maternity staff this winter if the situation continues as it is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018With the number of Covid-19 cases rising, the NHS could soon be in a situation where it is unable to deliver the care it needs to or deal with the huge backlog that has already built up.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He told The Guardian that many women and girls suffering from gynaecological conditions are currently on extensive waiting lists with \u2018no end in sight\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>And Dr Katherine Henderson, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: \u2018We are already struggling to cope.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is not something that\u2019s coming in the next couple of months, we are already in a terrible place where we have got large queues of ambulances with vulnerable people waiting to be offloaded into departments and other patients at home waiting to be picked up by the ambulance.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She told Sky News: \u2018The system is incredibly busy. We are already reaching a point where you don\u2019t get an immediate answer when you ring 999.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10126201\/4-000-troops-standby-help-NHS-cope-danger-overwhelmed-winter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could the Army be the answer? 4,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":142590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4,000 troops are on standby to help the NHS cope this winter - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/4000-troops-are-on-standby-to-help-the-nhs-cope-this-winter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4,000 troops are on standby to help the NHS cope this winter - Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Could the Army be the answer? 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