Ambulances have been queueing outside hospitals in Northern Ireland due to health service pressures.

Ambulance service probing eight deaths after waiting time delays

Medics have warned contingency measures introduced before Christmas to ease pressures are not working. 

Number of patients waiting in A&E hits record high in Northern Ireland

Wansbeck General Hospital teams are seeing patients with broken bones after falling in icy conditions.

Inside Urgent Treatment Centre as cold weather prompts surge in cases 

NHS workers in the south east say they consider leaving their profession on a regular basis as they prepare for what could be one of their busiest winters.

Exhausted NHS workers 'ready to quit' as they brace for winter Covid pressures

The extra 5,000 beds will be made up of field hospital capacity that hasn't been decommissioned and existing NHS capacity.

More than 5,000 extra beds to be on standby this winter

Local trusts like Royal Cornwall Hospitals & Royal United Hospitals Bath have declared a 'black alert', deferring non-emergency appointments

Winter Pressure

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Ambulance service probing eight deaths after waiting time delays

Number of patients waiting in A&E hits record high in Northern Ireland

Inside Urgent Treatment Centre as cold weather prompts surge in cases

Exhausted NHS workers 'ready to quit' as they brace for winter Covid pressures

More than 5,000 extra beds to be on standby this winter

Hospital appointments postponed due to pressures on NHS