“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
So, for the past two years we have lived in a global pandemic which has seen a shift to patients being able to virtually visit their doctor, being able to get a prescription virtually delivered to the pharmacy so that you do not have to go to see the doctor.
There is also now more spending with the mental health area, and this is growing which is also probably a knock-on effect from the pandemic.
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