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Based on the Imperial numbers, we will need 70-100 ICU beds for an average sized hospital that currently has about 15 beds.

We have had 15 years of disinvestment in acute services - and Emergency Medicine, Ambulance and Intensive Care resilience is completely inadequate for the country’s security.

A colleague told me that there are only 16 professors of Emergency Medicine but 163 professors of Ancient Greek in the UK, and even fewer professors of Ambulance / paramedic care. While professors don’t save lives on their own, they are a marker of professional recognition and investment. I wonder if we might have got the balance wrong?

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