An NHS boss has said that Covid and flu cases have not yet peaked and warned that 'it's going to carry on being tough' for the health service as winter continues.
Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, told BBC Breakfast that January is usually the 'hardest month' for the NHS. It comes as the UK is facing its third winter in a row with Covid-19 on the rise, meanwhile rising flu cases are putting extra pressure on already overstretched health services.
Mr Taylor said: “I think it’s very difficult to be clear. I don’t think the statistics would give us reason to feel that we have peaked – January is normally the hardest month for the health service. So I think the one thing that we can say is that it’s going to carry on being tough, and that’s why it’s important to be clear about the situation and it’s important to have clear messages to the public.
