https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n3135
Absence levels among the medical workforce in London are now higher than at any time since the start of the pandemic, with one in seven off work and more than half of these because of covid-19, a survey by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has found.1
The survey of 1840 fellows and members in clinical practice conducted the week before Christmas (18 to 21 December) found that 13.9% were off work in London and 7.4% off because of covid-19.
13.9%-7.4%= 6.5% are absent because of?
Crickets...
Bring this motherfucking system down. It is no good anyway
Across the UK, just over 4% of respondents were off work due to COVID-19. That included being ill themselves, self-isolating due to a household member or having been in contact with someone, or having to care for someone. In London, that figure rose to almost 7.5%.