Why stop there maybe we should do it every winter for the flu. What about over sized people that put a massive strain on the NHS, smokers /drinkers? Once you concede the principle of free at the point of access the big Government controllers will want if for other things as a means of punishment for their poor lifestyle choices. At the end of the day such restrictions protect the NHS. I don't support at anytime the NHS will ever come under any scrutiny A big money eating bureaucratic goliath that can't do wrong,.

Covid has shown just how many people in free countries are actually undercover authoritarians. It has given them an excuse to openly advocate for segregation like policies. Not only that but they get mad if you fight for them to keep their freedoms.

After watching all these "factual" TV medical documentaries in Barnsley and Hull Accident and Emergency Departments, and the like, perhaps the NHS could provide more time for worthy cases rather than spending money and resources patching up those that spend Friday and Saturday nights knocking seven bells out of each other.

I take your point but who's deciding who's worthy?

That’s an assumption that both parties were guilty. My experience was that in most cases one was an aggressor and the other a victim.

Hardly seems fair denying treatment to someone who was effects mugged whilst enjoying a drink.

No you miss my point.

Yes, that's what covid is about (cases/deaths), but I'm referring to the subsequent consequences to indirectly unrelated areas.

The impacts elsewhere - if covid isn't managed, the NHS will be overrun and crumble.

My wife runs a specialist ward at Pinders - they are 1 staff member away from CLOSING the whole unit. That's a specialist ward that will no longer exist. And there is no-where else to send their patients.

No worries mate, I get you now.....
But tbf, you didn't make it that easy to understand your point....