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Covid NHS staff crisis: trusts declare critical incidents over shortages

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At least half a dozen NHS trusts across England have declared critical incidents because of Covid-related absences, with one of the country's biggest acute trusts in Lincolnshire warning that "extreme and unprecedented" staff shortages were compromising patient care.

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Latest figures show more than 1,900 patients with Covid were admitted to UK hospitals in a single day, with more than 157,000 new cases across England and Scotland.

But in Lincolnshire, trust bosses insist that "essential services remain fully open for anyone who needs them".

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