Twelve NHS trusts run out of beds as winter pressures mount

New figures, which show that last weekend, 12 NHS trusts were so full they did not have a single bed to spare, have fuelled fears of a looming NHS winter crisis.

Twelve hospitals were so full they did not have a single bed available last weekend, official NHS statistics show.

Labour said the figures show health services under unprecedented pressure, and raised fears that services will reach a point of crisis as winter takes hold.

Full story in The Telegraph 10 December 2015