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About 200 members of the armed forces are deployed to support the NHS in London as hospitals struggle with staff shortages.
Military doctors will help NHS doctors and nurses care for patients, while public service personnel will help fill in gaps caused by other absences.
The Royal College of Nursing said the publication meant the government could no longer deny there was a “staff crisis” within the NHS.
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Patricia Marques, director of RCN in England, said: “The prime minister and others can no longer dismiss questions about NHS staff’s ability to provide safe care.
“Once the military is brought in, where does the government go next to try to ‘beat off’ the wave rather than deal with it?”
As of Thursday, 17 hospital organizations in England had reported serious incidents – indicating concerns that priority services could not be safely delivered.
Also yesterday, MPs on the cross-party Health and Welfare Committee warned 5.8 million people now waiting for treatment – as Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt urged the government to “wake up to the scale of the employment crisis facing the NHS”.
London has been hit hard by the Omicron outbreak, and the Ministry of Defense says 200 members of the military will remain “on duty” for three weeks.
Separately, 32 military personnel involved in the response are being made available to support the Southern Central Ambulance Service – and work alongside paramedics until the end of March.
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Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said: “The men and women of our armed forces are once again stepping up to support their dedicated colleagues on the NHS as they work hand in hand to protect the nation from COVID-19.
“They have demonstrated their worth over and over again during this pandemic, whether they are driving ambulances, administering vaccines, or supporting patients in hospitals, and they should be very proud of their contribution to this truly national effort.”
About 1,800 staff have already been deployed across the UK to support civil authorities in their response to the pandemic.
These include 313 staff members helping with the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust and 96 with the Scottish Ambulance Service, while more than 1,000 help with the vaccine boost programme.
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New data from the UK’s Health Security Agency has revealed that the epicenter of the current COVID outbreak has moved from London to northwest England – and more elderly people are being hospitalized.
The latest daily figures show 179,756 cases of COVID-19 and 231 deaths in the UK.
Nationwide, the number of cases in the past seven days (1,272,131) increased by nearly 30% from the previous week, while deaths (1,094) increased by more than 56%.
The most recent number of COVID patients in hospital is 17,988, which is up from the 17,276 patients reported most recently. Of those, 875 need ventilating beds, down from 911.
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