Watch: John Major predicts what will happen to the NHS in the hands of Brexiteers
“The NHS is about as safe with them as a pet hamster would be with a hungry python."
“The NHS is about as safe with them as a pet hamster would be with a hungry python."
The last time such a declaration was made was in March 2020 as Covid-19 began sweeping through hospitals.
Soaring flu admissions and the impact of Covid is “hitting staff hard” and threatening to overwhelm hospitals.
Spending on agency staff rose 20 per cent last year to hit £3 billion in England. Could this be the start of NHS privatisation?
From 40-hour waits for beds, to stay-away warnings at local A&E departments: It has been a brutal few days for the NHS.
A third of the 4,500 junior doctors in England surveyed said they were planning to work in another country in the next year.
Matthew Taylor from the NHS Confederation said it was rare for NHS leaders running hospitals and services to express such strong levels of concern.
Citing The S*n, he said one 74 year-old man was asked if he was pregnant during a consultation. We're back to facts don't matter, aren't we?
It comes as health workers prepare to walk out on strike this week.
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