NHS staff and families accounted for one in six Covid hospital cases, study reveals

NHS staff and their families accounted for one in six patients in hospital with Covid, due in part to inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE), new research suggests.

A study of hospitals from March to June revealed that healthcare workers in patient-facing roles were around three times more likely to be hospitalised with the virus than the general population.

Writing in the BMJ, the study's authors called for an urgent focus on how COVID-19 spreads around hospitals to prevent a similar toll in future waves of the pandemic.

They also call for hospitals to consider re-deploying staff with vulnerable family members away from high-risk zones.

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Source: The Telegraph, 29 October 2020