1,800 healthcare staff off work in the North for Covid reasons, MLAs told

Around 1,800 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland are currently off work due to Covid 19, MLAs have been told (PA)

Around 1,800 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland are currently off work due to Covid 19, MLAs have been told.

Paul Cavanagh, the interim director of planning and commissioning with Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care Board, said the staffing shortages were having an impact on the ability of the health service to cope with increasing numbers of Covid-19 inpatients.