NHS chiefs prepare Covid-style campaign urging people to avoid A&E

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Under Mr Barclay's plans, NHS managers may be sent as far as India and the Philippines to bolster the worldwide recruitment drive, which he said was essential to ensure social care services are maintained ahead of a winter 'sprint', The Times reports.
61% :Last year the NHS used TV adverts, social media posts and billboards to promote the use of NHS 111 online for urgent issues which are not-life threatening over going to A&E.
54% : Meanwhile, the NHS Confederation - a membership body for organisations that commissions and provides national health services - sent a letter to ministers on Friday, warning that surging costs mean people will have to choose between skipping meals to heat their homes or living in cold and damp conditions this winter.
34% : The NHS will be forced to 'pick up the pieces' of increased demand for GP appointments, emergency departments, ambulances and social care.

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