Three out of four emergency service workers are struggling to cope and have asked for improved PPE, with many turning up for shifts terrified, according to the GMB union. GMB national officer Rachel Harrison said the "system is collapsing" in straits far worse than the first lockdown last March. The troubling study comes after the head of the NHS revealed today that hospitals across England are taking on a new Covid patient every 30 seconds. “Ambulance staff are going off sick in droves while the service collapses around them, despite their heroic efforts. “Guidance on the safest levels and standards of PPE is written by experts and agreed by all four UK chief medical officers.

Source: Daily Mirror January 17, 2021 15:45 UTC