NHS Reset: COVID-19 – The good, the bad and the improvements
12/08/2020
NHS Reset is an NHS Confederation campaign to help shape what the health and care system should look like in the aftermath of the pandemic.
In this blog, Mark Sanders from Healthwatch Bracknell Forest highlights feedback from the local community on five key areas that need attention in the event of another pandemic.
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