Brits are becoming sicker with their health affected by decades of spending cuts, "decimated" public services and the current cost-of-living crisis, doctors have warned.
A new report from the British Medical Association (BMA) said medics are struggling to cope with demand from patients whose health conditions are being made worse by poverty, poor housing, lack of heating and skipping meals.
Around half of GP appointments are taken up with often preventable, long-term conditions, while medics spend around 20% of their time dealing with issues that are "non-medical but related to social or economic pressures".
