albeit not ideally, we may be in a position to see this patient s but i think people do expect. the media has been very clear over the last few days and weeks that the nhs is under severe pressure so it is important that people help us to help themselves of the can keep our a&e departments as clear as we can for urgent cases and get ambulances back on the road and more importantly provide safe and appropriate care to people that need it in a hospital. when before the new longer they have known it like this? i have never known it as bad as this, certainly with the acuity of the patients coming through, particularly the elderly, particularly the frail elderly. i have never been in a position where i have had to open physio gyms and outpatient departments to accommodate inpatients. i m hoping it short term. clearly, we had a lot of contingency planning in the early days of covid i9 so we did have those contingency plans for that period. we didn t have those for the periods of this wint
this is bbc news. the headlines. the government admits the nhs is facing an unprecedented challenge amid warnings from health bosses about the strain on the service this winter. i ve had to open physio gyms through outpatient departments to accommodate inpatients overnight. i am hoping it s short term, it has to be short term it cannot go on like this. new year disruption on the railways with another strike, as 40,000 members of the rmt union walk out again in their dispute over pay, working conditions and the future of services. a british couple diane and ron hughes are among four people to die in a helicopter crash on australia s gold coast three others are critically injured. thousands of mourners line the streets of santos in brazil