Schools are apparently going to use support staff for Teaching roles so the schools stay open. He has now also declared that NHS staff will be redeployed to "fill the gaps". The problem is there are no staff to fill the existing roles!
Where are these staff going to be magically pulled from? How can he expect low paid teaching assistants to fill in for teachers?
A video was recently released by our Trust (on behalf of the entire county) begging relatives of patients to take their loved ones in so they can discharge them and free up beds because we are over capacity and have zero staff to actually man the wards as it is.
Honestly, the whole world of employment seems to have collapsed in on itself. Shops, pubs and restaurants are closing all over the show, offices can't function unless staff can WFH, and management can't hire people into ANY of these roles, regardless of sector, because they refuse to be flexible and/or pay people (especially Key Workers) more.
Something has got to give because this is totally and utterly unsustainable across the board.