Covid: NHS faces ‘rocky’ weeks ahead as military deployed to struggling hospitals
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 Published On Jan 7, 2022

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has admitted that the NHS faces a "rocky" few weeks ahead, as the number of staff unable to work rises to levels not seen since before vaccinations.

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Two hundred military personnel are being deployed to London hospitals struggling to deliver care, while Northamptonshire has become the latest area to declare a major incident.

Across the UK another 179,000 new infections were reported today, with rising numbers of Covid patients being admitted - more people are now in hospital than at any time since February.

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