“THE NHS is actually collapsing. Patients are coming into danger. Doctors are unable to deliver safe care in many instances. A&Es are completely overwhelmed and patients are being treated in unsafe surroundings, in cupboards, in car parks.”
The picture of the state NHS drawn by Dr Julia Patterson – the chief executive of campaign group EveryDoctor – is not a comforting one. And what’s worse: “It’s been obvious this was going to happen, and [politicians] have somehow managed to ignore it.”
Patterson said that the “incredible pressures” on the health service have been there for a long time, adding: “All the way through the 2010s this government has underfunded the NHS.”
