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NHS England data shows there were nearly 4,000 Covid patients taking up beds in the week to December 31, up by more than two-thirds since the start of December.
Striking doctors are being warned that the NHS will start formally collecting evidence of the harm to patients caused by their refusal to help struggling hospitals.