Shropshire hospital operations could be delayed due to Covid admissions
Vaccination is the "single biggest thing our population can do to try to help", Mark Brandreth says
Mark Brandreth from the local Clinical Commissioning Group said nine out of 10 people admitted to intensive care were unvaccinated.Speaking to the Telford and Wrekin Health and Wellbeing Board, Mr Brandreth, the group's accountable officer, shared his "great concern" about transmission in primary schools, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
"My great fear is," he continued, "if those three Covid wards become four or five, the thought of doing elective operating - because that's what would have to stop first - is really scary, because that would include things like cancer."The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital combined have three wards of Covid-19 patients, the meeting heard
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