Not where I live. There might be a slight tension in winter but they normally don't need to cancel surgeries and transfer patients. Also where I live when people test positive they receive a sick leave from their doctor and their employer has to pay them.Which is normal for this time of year. Getting people to constantly test and having the unvaccinated self isolate if they have come into contact with someone with covid is a joke.. are they going to pay the 10 days of wages that people will loose out on even if they haven’t got covid but are still required to isolate? Paying people’s bills etc? Will they shite!
As for the UK, with that current situation described in this article I do hope you won't need any healthcare soon. That doesn't seem to be a normal situation even for winter. When I lived there I needed once to go to the A&E and things weren't like that.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The fear of an Omicron wave and trauma of past 2 years is making some staff refuse to be redeployed to Covid wards. The NHS faces mounting pressures on all sides. My piece today for <a href="https://twitter.com/thesundaytimes?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@thesundaytimes</a> <a href="https://tattle.life/threads/19920/">pic.twitter.com/kVpmJhDesh</a></p>— Shaun Lintern (@ShaunLintern) <a href="