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Official data showed one in five emergency patients were not seen within four hours in November, the worst figure on record.

Crisis may be a word used liberally in modern politics, but in the United Kingdom a quarter of the population will experience a mental health issue in their lifetime.

Cyclist paramedic Ian Shortman was on his knees treating a patient when a man sprinted up towards him and booted him in the head

“Our NHS is on its knees after a devastating decade of austerity"

"Year after year, we witness A&E wards buckle under the pressure of the influx of patients admitted with respiratory conditions. The evidence is clear – dirty air is a major contributing factor to lung conditions and the NHS’s winter workload.”

Joanne Hill said she would have died a drug addict were it not for the nurse who cared for her after she developed a deadly infection.

“For the first time, not one single major A&E department in England met the current four-hour waiting time target."

Just 84.7% of patients are starting hospital treatment within 18 weeks, against a target of 92%.

"We know from secret recordings that the Government lent on the tax authorities to go easy on Amazon. It now looks like it is also giving Amazon – worldwide, forever, irrevocably and royalty-free – a licence to all of the NHS’s healthcare information."