Health
Growing fears as doctors face prioritising some patients over others – The Independent
‘These decisions are no longer a worst-case scenario, but an immediate reality’
Doctors across the NHS face an immediate reality of having to choose which patients are prioritised for care as the numbers of coronavirus cases continue to surge across the country.
At one hospital trust, medics have been told they may have to accept a just good enough standard of care for patients in coming weeks, while the medical regulator has said it recognised difficult decisions were being made day after day, shift after shift across the country.
The situation facing many hospitals has prompted…
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