A second walkout by nurses tomorrow, and ambulance staff on Wednesday, has raised fears the service could collapse.
The plea comes as for the first time this year, hospital admissions for flu are outstripping those with Covid.
And it is exactly 1,000 days after the implementation of the first national lockdown on March 23, 2020.
Former nurse and health minister Maria Caulfield said: “Now is not the time to be complacent. Take up much-needed protection for yourself and those around you – it might be the best gift you can give this Christmas.”
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