The health secretary says hospitals could face 'very serious challenges' this autumn and winter.
Mr Barclay said hiring more foreign nurses to help in social care might relieve pressures on hospital beds by speeding up discharge times.
However, a recent report by MPs concluded the large number of unfilled NHS job vacancies, about 110,000 in total, was posing a serious risk to patient safety.Mr Barclay said: "Obviously those pressures can come in different forms. It might be you get a bad flu, it may be Covid rates are higher than we would expect or like.
A number of big policy decisions have been put on hold until the autumn when a new prime minister will be in place.
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