Guardian’s ‘33 hours’ shows reality of NHS on edge of collapse, say doctors

The report followed an ambulance crew as it responded to 999 calls in London. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Ministers must get a grip on the crisis engulfing the NHS or risk its collapse, senior doctors have warned after a “shocking” and “devastating” special report by the Guardian exposed the “daily reality” of the pressure facing health staff and its “dire impact” on patients.

Thirty-three months after the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 to be a pandemic, the Guardian spent 33 hours inside the NHS, reporting from inside a hospital, an ambulance service, a pharmacy and a GP surgery.