NHS leaders call for return of face masks as Covid pressures mount

Concern over mounting NHS pressure (PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

Very high rates of Covid-19 infections are having a “major impact” on the health service, which is facing pressures as they would in a “bad winter” well into spring, health leaders have said.

The NHS Confederation called on the Government to reconsider its Living with Covid plan as it said that ministers risk “abandoning” the NHS if they do not take action.