The NHS is likely to be changed forever by coronavirus as staff grapple with daunting challenges.
Routine surgery was cancelled and tens of thousands of extra critical-care beds were created in a matter of weeks. Despite warnings that the NHS might be overwhelmed, hospitals and other services coped.
He adds that there is a long list of problems to address:"The mental health of the population, the untreated disease, the delayed operations, the undiagnosed conditions, the victims of closed screening programmes and the depressed demand from so many who have not sought help."Ipswich Hospital is, like others, beginning the process of reintroducing non-urgent services.
"But I think there is also an important message that we are open for business, so making sure people who are worried about their health still contact their GP, or still come in to A&E." "Sometimes unravelling that and reversing back into normal practice is much harder and certainly takes quite a lot of organisation."Virtual consultations via video link where appropriate during the Covid-19 crisis have proved popular with doctors and patients. These seem set to take an increasing share of outpatient appointments.Face-to-face appointments may pick up but few expect them to stay above half of an overall GP workload.
Nick Hulme says they have to assume it will be a threat for some time, and infection control will have to be rigorously observed:"Some of our planning going into some of the reconfiguration of wards isn't temporary.
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