PROBLEMS that have hit accident and emergency departments are spreading to other areas of the health service, a new report claims.
Earlier this month figures showed that waiting times in accident and emergency departments in England were at their worst for more than a decade.
Now Performance in other key areas is said to have deteriorated to the worst level for several years, leading to claims that the system is “creaking at the seams”, according to The King’s Fund health charity.
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