Move could affect thousands of patients at Queen Elizabeth and Good Hope hospitals

One of England’s biggest NHS trusts has postponed planned surgery at two of its hospitals owing to intense pressure from the resurgence of Covid-19 cases.

University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS trust has halted all elective operations at the Queen Elizabeth hospital, where it usually carries out about 200 non-urgent procedures a week. It has also “paused” gynaecological procedures such as hysterectomies at the city’s Good Hope hospital, which it also runs.

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