Medics must accept what is on table to protect NHS

THE NHS is grappling with an incredibly tough winter.

- WES STREETING

Hospital admissions are more than 50% higher than this time last year, with the peak still to come. Beds are 95% full and staff sickness is rising sharply.

With Christmas approaching, I encourage you to get yourself jabbed if you have not yet done so.

Some 170,000 more flu vaccines have been delivered compared to this time last year, with over 60,000 more NHS staff also getting their jab.

I can’t thank NHS staff enough for the work they are doing to keep providing excellent care to patients in the most challenging of circumstances.