England's Chief Medical Officer warned the UK faced an "absolutely catastrophic situation" as it headed towards the first lockdown. Professor Whitty, who is usually carefully not to criticise politicians, said: "The UK has a very low ICU capacity compared with most of our peer nations."Now that's a choice, that's a political choice. Therefore, you have less reserve when a major emergency happens." He said he agreed with the recent landmark Darzi report that found the NHS was left vulnerable to the pandemi following the decade-long funding squeeze under the Tories.When asked whether the UK should now bolster bed and staff numbers in ICU, Prof Whitty replied: "There are strong arguments for that."

Whitty: Low ICU capacity was a political choice.

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