unusual— and problems across the nhs is not unusual to — and problems across the nhs is not unusual to get to this time of year and we _ unusual to get to this time of year and we have headlines about how the nhs is _ and we have headlines about how the nhs is under strain. but this time around _ nhs is under strain. but this time around it— nhs is under strain. but this time around it seems to hearing from people _ around it seems to hearing from people in— around it seems to hearing from people in the health service that things— people in the health service that things are even worse than what they usually— things are even worse than what they usually are _ things are even worse than what they usually are and what they have been. i'm usually are and what they have been. i'm sure _ usually are and what they have been. i'm sure you've talked about it a lot on— i'm sure you've talked about it a lot on the — i'm sure you've talked about it a lot on the show. that the nhs waiting — lot on the show. that the nhs waiting list is incredibly large. i think— waiting list is incredibly large. i think what over 7 million people now are always _ think what over 7 million people now are always in treatment on that list. are always in treatment on that list we — are always in treatment on that list. we have backlogs, the nhs has problems— list. we have backlogs, the nhs has problems with shortages of staff. combined with that the fact that we are in— combined with that the fact that we are in the _ combined with that the fact that we are in the supposed cold. . so the systems are — are in the supposed cold. . so the systems are not as strong as they used — systems are not as strong as they used to— systems are not as strong as they used to be. — systems are not as strong as they used to be. i believe parts of my friendship— used to be. i believe parts of my friendship groups have been wiped out by— friendship groups have been wiped out by this cold that seems to be rampaging across the country at this moment _ rampaging across the country at this moment. so it is combination of all