good evening. downing street says it s providing the nhs with the funding it needs, despite what it calls the unprecedented challenge facing the health service. there have been more warnings from senior doctors about the pressure facing the nhs this winter with the situation being described as intolerable and unbearable for staff and patients. they say the health service is on a knife edge, and that some accident and emergency units are in a complete state of crisis . labour say there is a sense of jeopardy that is frightening people across the country. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. the nhs is always under great pressure at this time of year this time even more so. the problem is that hospitals are nearly full. around 94 95% of beds occupied in england for most of december. it was quite similar just before the pandemic but the big difference this time