EXCLUSIVE: Councils should consider pressures index similar to NHS

11 January 2022

Local government should look at introducing a pressures index similar to the NHS to measure the risks to the critical services it provides, council chiefs have suggested.

A flurry of hospital trusts in England have declared critical incidents as they continue to face increasing pressure from the Omicron wave.

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