Hospitals are having another extremely challenging, gruelling winter, with doctors warning lives are being lost. How did it get here?
The NHS is in the middle of another extremely challenging, gruelling winter with senior doctors warning that hospitals are facing intolerable pressures that are costing lives.The health service was already under pressure - the result of long-standing problems - but Covid, flu and now strike action by staff have all added to the sense of crisis this winter.Advances in medicine over recent decades have meant people are living longer.
When you enter a postcode for a location in England you will be shown a list of NHS trusts in your area. They will not necessarily be in order of your closest hospital as some trusts have more than one hospital. Data for Wales and Scotland are shown by NHS board and by Health and Social Care trust in Northern Ireland.
A modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection are required to view this interactive. The government points to extra funding for the NHS during this parliament and topped up further in theBed numbers have fallen, while staffing shortages have increased.Currently around one in 10 NHS posts are vacant, leaving the UK with fewer doctors and nurses than many of its Western European counterparts.Talk to paramedics, nurses and doctors and one of the most common refrains is that the job is no longer enjoyable because they cannot provide the level of care they want for their patients.
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