NHS maternity services near breaking point, warns top doctor
by Andrew Gregory Health editor from on (#5R3DH)
Exclusive: UK's most senior gynaecologist is latest clinician to raise alarm about mounting Covid pressures
The NHS could soon be unable to deliver the care it needs to" for women giving birth if the surge in Covid cases continues, the president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has said.
Dr Edward Morris, the UK's most senior gynaecologist, became the latest high-ranking clinician to raise the alarm about the increasing pressures on the health service as Covid cases rise and it battles a huge backlog of 5.7 million patients caused by the first and second waves of the virus.
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