The upper doctor was terrified by NHS during Covid

The best doctor in NHS England said that he was “personally terrified” that hospitals could have been overwhelmed by hospitals in the early stages of the epidemic.

Professor Sir Stephen Boris told Covid’s investigation officials that have a document that advises whose care should be priority if NHS finds itself unable to overcome the mutation in patients.

The “Covid-19 decision tool” was appointed based on the patient’s age, weakness and basic conditions. A high degree means that they may not be accepted in intensive care if the services are sunk.

The tool was never released publicly, after it became a clear infection that may have already reached a peak in March 2020.

Sir Stephen, who is still the national medical director at NHS England, said that senior doctors who were asked to put plans in a short notice “did a great job” no one wants to do. “

“But it is quite clear to me that this will be controversial, [and] It has not had the opportunity to discuss it on a wider scale with patient groups, [or] With the audience, “added.

The document’s draft advised doctors to register Covid patients based on three criteria, using a fragility scale.

He has detailed how those with a total degree should not accept more than eight points in intensive care if the services become sunken.

Patients between the ages of 70 to 75 years are set automatically four points, while those over 80 years old will get six points.

Additional points will be added to chronic conditions, such as heart disease or diabetes.

People who were permanently sick, with average life expectancy of less than six months, will be given automatically nine points.

Sir Stephen said that working on the guidance document started early in the epidemic, at a time when the number of patients in intensive care in England was doubled every 5-7 days.

“It was not clear that the audience would respond to the lock – they did so wonderfully – but this was not clear [at that point]He said.

“Frankly, I personally felt terrifying that NHS would overwhelm her.”

The project was suspended on March 28, 2020, after it became clear that the peak of the first Covid wave is approaching and will not “bread”.

Sir Stephen said that there was also a danger that the points registration system could have been “used inappropriately”, to replace the individual clinical judgment of doctors.

“My recommendation on the investigation is that we must, in the future, not to try to develop one of these tools in the midst of the epidemic,” he added.

He said it was a work to be implemented in consultation with the audience “in normal times.”

“In my opinion, it is a discussion that should not be led by the government, and the profession should not be led, it must be present within society.”