Covid-19: Medic warns Northern Ireland situation could worsen with winter pressures 

An Emergency Department Nurse during a demonstration of the Coronavirus pod and Covid-19 virus testing procedures set-up beside the Emergency Department of Antrim Area Hospital. Picture: Michael Cooper/PA

This week has been the “worst in the NHS in living memory”, a senior doctor has said.

Dr Tom Black, chairman of the British Medical Association’s Northern Ireland Council, said hospitals are being hit with a “triple whammy” of rising numbers of Covid-19 cases, lack of available staff and winter pressures.