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The Independent
2022-09-01T09:46:06Z
In London, around one in eight (12.5 per cent) posts were vacant, with a record 30,506 vacancies across acute, ambulance, community, mental health and specialist services.
The figures also show there were a record 46,828 full-time equivalent nursing vacancies in England at the end of June.
The figures come as the health services faces what could be the most difficult winter in history, with the twin threat of a surge in Covid infection and an early flu season.
It is feared that the early flu season – coupled with rising levels of Covid – could place further pressure on the NHS, which is already battling with huge waiting lists and delays in ambulance services.
Britain has not had a flu season since before the pandemic and immunity levels are low as a result, experts say.
Earlier this year Dr Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency, warned that she is planning for an “influenza wave”.
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