Lower the Baseline Profile picture
UK healthcare systems may better manage the COVID-19 epidemic if we lower the baseline demands on our NHS. Group of UK doctors & public health professionals.
Mar 22, 2020 18 tweets 11 min read
#COVID19 is overwhelming health systems – wondering how to protect our #NHS and staff on the frontline? Do we need these radical measures to #FlattenTheCurve & #ScaleUpCriticalCare? YES. And we may need much more 👇👇 (1/17) What we're doing already:

Social distancing & testing to #FlattenTheCurve & increase #NHS capacity --> more intensive care beds

IN ADDITION:

We need to #LowerTheBaseline NHS demand - emergency public health interventions CAN help (2/17)