The COVID-19 pandemic saw the transformation of the National Health Service into the National Covid Service.
A year into this crisis and with the benefit of some hindsight, it is clear that too little consideration was given to the implications of a complete reallocation of resources away from ‘business as usual’.
Urgent action is needed in the NHS to meet a ballooning backlog of procedures put on hold during the pandemic and build a more resilient health care system.
This report, produced jointly with Edge Health, shows the scale of the challenges the NHS faces: