NHS in crisis as waiting times increase
Labour say David Cameron is to blame for this winter's A&E crisis - and insist new figures show how bad it has been.
They say there have been 1,042 ambulances in queues per day compared to 609 last winter (up 71%) and the number of NHS beds unavailable due to delayed transfers of care is up by 26 per cent (from 140,592 to 178,468).
Two hundred operations are cancelled each day and waiting times are rising across the board, according to an authoritative report which warns that the NHS is now in critical condition.
Patients face even longer waits as many hospitals predict they will run out of money within months, with problems spreading well beyond accident and emergency units.
As the latest A&E figures for England are published, we take a snapshot around the country to see how the nations are coping.