Winter pressures are mounting on the NHS. Several hospital trusts have declared critical incidents in recent days and the health secretary has said that some of the stories being told by NHS patients make him feel "ashamed".

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. List of Partners (vendors)

Here’s a list of which hospitals we know have declared a critical incident so far: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Good Hope Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

NHS leaders have warned that the peak of the flu cycle has not yet hit, with February and March potentially worse for the health service.

A health boss at a county's NHS that has declared a critical incident said its hospitals had been dealing with high demand for more than a month. The NHS in Northamptonshire said there was mounting pressure on health services,

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital has experienced a surge in demand recently, with dozens of ambulances pictured several times queuing outside A&E over the past seven days. Dr Ananthakrishnan Raghuram, chief medical officer at NHS Gloucestershire,

A number of NHS trusts in England have declared critical incidents amid "exceptionally high demands" on emergency departments. One trust said it is seeing "high numbers of older patients with respiratory problems exacerbated by the cold weather".