Winter after winter, the NHS has been warned it cannot go on the same as before

Winter after winter, the NHS has been warned it cannot go on the same as before It has become a tragic annual tradition for the NHS to head into winter with dire warnings of how awful its performance is going to be. This year the British Medical Association has been clear that if its forecasts become a reality the health service will experience its worst ever winter with more than 1 million patients waiting more than four hours to be seen and nearly 300,000 waiting on trolleys after four hours.

Many voters would be forgiven for dismissing this bleak assessment on the grounds there seems to be an NHS crisis every winter but somehow the system always pulls through. The Independent

See also:

• NHS winter crisis: More than 1 million patients face long waits in A&E, doctors warn The Independent