University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, which runs the QE, said its “demands have never been higher” and that it is “working very hard to care for patients”. A spokesman said: “We are sorry that we have to cancel or reschedule any procedure as a result of the demands on our services, these demands have never been higher. The impact of Covid on our capacity, both in terms of patients needing care or staff unavailable due to isolation, was felt very significantly during the first months of the year during this most recent wave of the virus.
“We are working very hard to care for patients given these sustained pressures, by creating extra ward and surgical capacity on all our hospital sites, recruiting additional staff, and introducing new treatment routes, to help us get back on track.”
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