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welcome to bbc newsroom live. the number of patients on hospital wards has been at unsafe levels in nine out of ten nhs trusts in england this winter, according to figures obtained by the bbc. some hospitals were operating at close to full capacity, putting increased pressure on the number of beds available. all week we are taking an in depth look at the state of the nhs in a series of special reports. here s our health correspondent, jane dreaper. it s been a very difficult winter at yeovil hospital in somerset. like many other hospitals in england, they ve had to battle behind the scenes here to find enough free beds in recent weeks. you can get periods, particularly over the winter period, when you are managing bed by bed, minute by minute, and teams are having to spend a lot of time and energy running around finding a bed for the next patient that needs it. and moving patients between beds isn t ideal, we don t like doing it unless we really have to, but sometimes y ....
and coming up in the sport on bbc news: fighting for their futures. five sports begin their appeals against the withdrawal of funding by uk sport. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the number of patients on hospital wards has been at levels deemed to be unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts in england this winter, that s according to the bbc‘s analysis of nhs figures. the pressure on beds has meant many patients have been at a higher risk of infection and delays in getting treated. up to date figures aren t available for the rest of the uk. nhs england says the main problem is finding alternative care for patients who were medically well but frail. our correspondentjohn maguire has been to a hospital in somerset to see just how much pressure the nhs is under. ask staff here how the winter is going, and they use words such as busy, challenging, demanding. drjohn tipping shows me how they track exactly what s happening here in the emergency department. i ....