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This winter the NHS has been under pressure, with the situation escalating rapidly over festive period, according to a leading doctor.

Dr Nick Scriven, president of the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), said many hospitals reported more than 99% capacity in the week before Christmas. He said there was significant strain on service as they enter 2018, and called for non-urgent operations to be postponed until at least the end of January.

Continue reading... January 02, 2018 at 06:42PM