Today at six downing street says it s providing the nhs with the funding it needs, despite what it calls the unprecedented challenge facing the health service. the scene outside one hospital this new year 11 ambulances containing patients waiting to be seen one woman described her ordeal. i ve had 13 hours wait in an ambulance outside of a&e because there was no capacity in the a&e and another 12 hours in the side room of a&e since then. putting in more funding, we ve got more staff over 34,000 more staff working in the nhs, there are more nurses, more doctors we ve got an extra
Today at six downing street says it s providing the nhs with the funding it needs, despite what it calls the unprecedented challenge facing the health service. the scene outside one hospital this new year ii ambulances containing patients waiting to be seen one woman described her ordeal. i ve had 13 hours wait in an ambulance outside of a&e because there was no capacity in the a&e and another 12 hours in the side room of a&e since then. putting in more funding, we ve got more staff over 34,000 more staff working in the nhs, there are more nurses, more doctors we ve got an extra
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