Services to be `sorely tested´ with patients braced for `winter of misery´
(World News UK)

Patients can expect a `winter of misery` with cold weather, unparalleled pressure on the NHS and potentially the worst flu season in two decades all expected over the coming weeks. NHS Providers said the health service in England would be `sorely tested` during the colder months, when there was traditionally a significant rise in demand for services due to flu, norovirus, and respiratory conditions. And figures released by Public Health England on Thursday demonstrate a `stark picture of what lies ahead`, according to Labour´s shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth, who cited statistics that show that more than 20,000 patients were stuck in the back of ambulances for 30 minutes or more...