A mate is an orthopaedic surgeon at a hospital in North Wales - they have done no elective surgery in his hospital since covid began(!), only dealing with emergency ops. Imagine how many people must be waiting for hips and knees, and how many have died waiting?!
The reason they aren’t operating is being blamed on covid but is actually because the hospital is full to capacity, mostly with patients who should be receiving their care at home in the community. This is what he reckons is the biggest issue within the care system in his area - hospital beds are blocked because of a massive lack of staff to deliver what’s necessary at the required ‘point of consumption’.