NHS pressures: winter 2018/19 - a hidden crisis

NHS pressures: winter 2018/19 - a hidden crisis This report uses NHS England figures to examine the performance of the NHS during recent winters and over the long term. The report finds that winter 2018/19 saw the NHS once again under pressure, with A&E attendances and emergency admissions up, high bed occupancy, cancer waiting times growing and 4.3 million people now waiting for treatment. Many doctors worked extra hours and morale suffered. British Medical Association

See also:

• Cancer patients waiting to see a specialist in record numbers this winter The Daily Telegraph