By Bond Robertson 
Portsmouth University Hospitals Group, which is covered by the National Health Service (NHS), is the latest in a series of British health agencies to increase preparedness in recent days.
Among other things, they run the Queen Alexandra Grand Hospital in Hampshire County.
– The hospital group has now declared a critical condition to protect patients’ safety. The decision comes after intense and ongoing pressure on services across Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. This has led to significant delays for patients who need urgent help, the group writes press release.
– The demand for emergency aid is far greater than the capacity available in the county at the moment, they write.
They will now allocate resources only to patients who are at risk of dying.
strike mode
to me Sky News The healthcare system in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire has moved to the corresponding emergency level.
The same applies to the NHS Ambulance Service in the North East of England, on the south east coast and in the east of the country.
In London, paramedics have also increased their preparedness.
Hospitals and services are setting this up at the same time I strike as many as 100,000 nurses, and it’s constantly escalating.
Blow: NHS nurses strike outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London. Photo: Henry Nicholls/Reuters/NTB
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Nor are they the only Brits in strike mode before Christmas. The same applies to ambulance drivers and railway employees.
The situation is deadlocked, has deep roots and evokes memories of the harsh labor struggles of Margaret Thatcher’s era in the 1980s.
After several years of declining real wages, nurses are demanding more wage increases than price increases.
But the Conservative government was clear on Tuesday that the previous offer of a four-to-five percent wage increase was firm and non-negotiable in the midst of the economic crisis, the NTB wrote.
already pressure
However, critical treatments such as chemotherapy and dialysis continue as normal. Intensive care units are also trying to maintain regular staff in most places, the RCN said.
However, the number of employees has been significantly reduced in many other departments. And recently it was Too cold in the UK.
This has put even more pressure on an already overstretched health service.
Regarding strikes, the government has asked people to be careful and avoid dangerous work. But they should still call the emergency number 999, Secretary of State Will Squingel at the Department of Health confirms.