Staff: our most valuable asset

D J N Wong¹, C R Bailey^{1

2}, K El-Boghdadly^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² King's College London, London, UK.

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Editorial

D J N Wong et al. Anaesthesia. 2021 Sep.

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. 2021 Sep;76(9):1151-1154.

doi: 10.1111/anae.15543. Epub 2021 Jul 20.

D J N Wong¹, C R Bailey^{1

2}, K El-Boghdadly^{1

2}

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² King's College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; resource utilisation; staffing.

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The impact of COVID-19 on anaesthesia and critical care services in the UK: a serial service evaluation.
Kursumovic E, Cook TM, Vindrola-Padros C, Kane AD, Armstrong RA, Waite O, Soar J. Kursumovic E, et al. Anaesthesia. 2021 Sep;76(9):1167-1175. doi: 10.1111/anae.15512. Epub 2021 May 18. Anaesthesia. 2021. PMID: 34005837 Free PMC article.

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