NHS goodwill ‘running dry’ with doctor and funding shortages as experts warn of fifth COVID wave

Ministers can no longer exploit “a well of goodwill which has totally run dry” to run the NHS, a British Medical Association leader will say, as he demands the Government reverse “brutal” pre-pandemic cuts to health services.

Dr Chaand Nagpaul, in his final speech in the role, will warn the UK had 50,000 fewer doctors in England than the average among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) members, which include France, Germany, Canada and Japan, and said the Government “needs to wake up, open its eyes and realise that we can’t afford to lose a single doctor if patients aren’t to suffer more”.

His comments come as experts warn the UK is fighting a fifth wave of Covid as infections soar, with fears that large summer events could see cases rise even higher.

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