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It comes amid a rise in flu and covid cases across the uk. simonjones reports. siren wails this winter, the health service is experiencing demand like it's never seen before — that's the stark warning from the nhs in wales, which is dealing with a sharp rise in cases of flu and covid. its chief executivejudith paget is pleading with people to only attend emergency departments for urgent care. in a statement, she said... a message reiterated by one health board. the pressure is on the nursing staff to make sure that we can give the best care. we're working with the a&e departments to make sur...

A message reiterated by one health board. the pressure is on the nursing staff to make sure that we can give the best care. we're working with the a&e departments to make sure the patients are coming in through the ambulance service, getting them up to the wards quickly. but obviously, we've got to isolate quite a lot of patients, so that means looking at our bed base, looking at our side rooms and our wards. as this public health campaign makes clear, flu is back with a vengeance. nhs england says there were more than 3,700 patients a day in hospital with flu last week — that's a sevenfold ...

Base, looking at our side rooms and our wards. as this public health campaign makes clear, flu is back with a vengeance. nhs england says there were more than 3700 patients a day in hospital with flu last week — that's a sevenfold increase on the situation last month. health bosses say a twindemic of flu and covid is now a reality. it's led a number of ambulance trusts to declare critical incidents. 90—year—old jean stringer was visiting family on boxing day in gloucester when she fell down on the stairs. she spent 23 hours on the landing with a fractured hip, waiting for an ambulance. i...

The health service is experiencing demand like it's never seen before — that's the stark warning from the nhs in wales, which is dealing with a sharp rise in cases of flu and covid. its chief executive, judith paget, is pleading with people to only attend emergency departments for urgent care. in a statement, she said... a message reiterated by one health board. the pressure is on the nursing staff to make sure that we can give the best care. we're working with the a&e department to make sure the patients are coming in through the ambulance service, getting them up to the wards quickly. but ...

Field and has been for a long time. the single biggest fundamental cause is that we do not have enough beds within the nhs and the uk has always run its bed base with less than beds than almost any other european country, so we have 2.7 beds per thousand of population and if you compare that to germany, they have seven, over seven beds per thousand of the population, so we are very vulnerable to shocks like this. 1untimely vulnerable to shocks like this. when ou sa vulnerable to shocks like this. when you say beds. _ vulnerable to shocks like this. when you say beds. you — vulnerable to shoc...