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NHS winter pressure: Hospitals report 99 per cent capacity over festive period as flu season looms
Senior physician calls for non-urgent operations to be postponed
Staff and agencies
2 hours ago
Pressures on the NHS have ?escalated rapidly? over the festive period with hospitals experiencing significant bed shortages, a leading doctor has warned.
Dr Nick Scriven, president of the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), said many hospitals reported more than 99 per cent capacity in the week before Christmas.
He said services are being placed under significant strain as they enter the new year and called for non-urgent operations to be postponed until at least the end of January...
NHS winter pressure: Hospitals report 99 per cent capacity over festive period as flu season looms
Senior physician calls for non-urgent operations to be postponed
Staff and agencies
2 hours ago
Pressures on the NHS have ?escalated rapidly? over the festive period with hospitals experiencing significant bed shortages, a leading doctor has warned.
Dr Nick Scriven, president of the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), said many hospitals reported more than 99 per cent capacity in the week before Christmas.
He said services are being placed under significant strain as they enter the new year and called for non-urgent operations to be postponed until at least the end of January...
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