Quote: Cronus "Yes of course we are down on nurses. I have never said otherwise. I'm not ignoring anything. Whatever the current staffing levels in the NHS, expecting "extra staff" to magically materialise in sufficient numbers to handle a massive pandemic is idiotic. The NHS - even with the best of contingency and crisis response planning - is not staffed for massive emergencies.
And yes, of course the NHS would cope better with 50,000 extra nurses. Though what difference it would make to the death rate of covid-19 is questionable given there is no vaccine or treatment. If you get it, you are told to self-quarantine and either you recover or you don't.
Of those who don't recover but make it to medical care, palliative care is all that can be given right now. ."'"
You really are clueless. TypicalTory thinks he knows better than the experts.
It is not so much the flu that kills you rather the complications ie Pneumonia or breathing difficulties,organs shutting down.
If that is the problem those things can often be treated .
Things like ITU and ICU units care for patients like this all the time.
Oxygen being given, ventilation till the body can respond, CPAP, monitoring patients to see they get the treatment they need at the right time.
Nurses do this all the time.maybe if 1 nurse helped 1 person live that’s 50,000 people who may not have died.
From my sisters experiences she worked on ward where 4 nurses would keep 30 people alive.
That is 375,000 people that might not die.
Many people will get Coronavirus that would otherwise have survived if there had not been so many cuts to the health service and 50,000 nurses would have made a huge difference.