This week many commentators referred to a national crisis in the NHS
Dr Richard Fawcett and A&E Consultant from Stoke caused a storm on twitter with his posting on 'third world conditions'
Certainly many NHS Trusts cancelled non urgent procedures
see the
Operational update from the NHS National Emergency Pressures Panel for the official policy
the website also has the policy documents on NHS winter plans
in November the Kings Fund said the NHS was on a knife edge.
The president of the Society for Acute Medicine said the situation was 'as bad as I have ever known'
The BMA annual message said 2018 should be a turning point in the NHS as resources were 'woefully underfunded'
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine spoke of the intense pressures in A&E
How well is the NHS doing?
Check local performance in your area against national targets using the BBC performance tracker.
Look at the regular updates on performance from the Kings Fund in their quarterly monitoring report which covers financial and operational pressures.
Nuffield Trust Quality Watch website
NHS England Winter daily situation reports.
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