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Omicron COVID: NHS strained as boosters take priority over other waiting patients

The NHS is stretched to its limit with backlogs of treatments, winter pressure, and the increase in booster programmes to keep the Omicron variant at bay.

Patients who have been waiting to be seen by doctors or receive treatment are being told they will need to wait a bit longer.

Sky’s Becky Johnson reports from Wolverhampton.

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