In truth, the NHS will never return to its pre-pandemic state
Such innovations will make themore resilient. But even if it manages to keep them, the health service will still face difficulties. Before the crisis, it was in bad shape. In February just 85% of people turning up at accident-and-emergency departments were seen in four hours, for instance, against a target of 95%.
It has also become clear that hospitals are a good place to catch covid-19. Thus waiting rooms will have to be emptied, protective kit donned and deep cleaning regularly carried out. Radiologists expect that such precautions will halve the number ofscans that can be carried out. Neil Mortensen, president-elect of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, predicts a similar fall in the capacity to carry out surgery. “You can’t just flick a switch and go back to what it was before,” he says.
In a few big cities it may be possible to run some hospitals “red” and other ones “green” , which would speed things up. In more sparsely populated parts of the country, this division will have to happen within hospitals, which will be trickier to manage. All of this means that overall capacity will be way down on pre-pandemic levels.struck a deal that allowed the state to use private-sector beds.
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