The NHS is experiencing some of the most severe pressures in its 75-year history. The COVID-19 pandemic is just the tip of the iceberg - the health service has been facing years of inadequate planning and chronic under-resourcing.
This page is an overview of the main pressure points in the NHS.
Nations - our analysis on NHS pressures in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Our analysis on NHS pressures in England
BMA in the news
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BMA in the news
- BMA chair tells Covid Inquiry that Government abandoning public health principles led to loss of control during pandemic
- Find all the latest BMA involvement regarding the Public UK Covid 19 Inquiry here
- BMA NI comment on Investment in General Practice figures
- Labour promises to redress NHS equipment shortages 'welcome', says BMA