Every winter is a challenge for the NHS. But doctors fear this year could be one of the worst yet, as a ‘hugely concerning’ early flu season, a surge in A&E demand and the overhang of a devastating summer put the creaking health service under huge pressure. Medics and officials tell Rebecca Thomas about why they are more scared than ever before
Source link : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-winter-crisis-covid-flu-streeting-hospitals-b2849387.html
Author : Rebecca Thomas
Publish date : 2025-10-25 15:05:00
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Inside looming NHS winter crisis as hospitals face ‘armageddon’



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