Politicians and medical experts have reacted to claims that up to 500 people could die every week due to delays in the NHS.
Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, told Times Radio on New Year's Day that long waiting times were being linked with hundreds of unnecessary deaths.
It comes as health professionals in Greater Manchester warned the conurbation is being hit by a double whammy of covid and flu cases - leading to intense demand on the system.
