Cancelling appointments and non-urgent surgery ban are options as hospitals reel under most intense pressure in decades
The NHS is reeling under what doctors’ leaders and hospital chiefs say is the most intense strain it has faced in decades as a result of flu, bad weather and more patients suffering breathing problems.
Hospitals’ inability to keep up with the sheer demand for care on Tuesday night prompted NHS England to tell them to take unprecedented measures to try and stabilise the service.
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