NHS Devon says a 'constellation' of flu, Covid and other infections is causing 'pressure'.
Medical experts warn pressures on health services are expected to get worse in January amid the "hardest winter ever".
Dr Gagg said he had spoken to paramedics who had arrived at scenes to find patients had "already passed away"."Unfortunately what we're expecting is for the situation to deteriorate in the weeks and months ahead." "We try and do everything we can in a department to mitigate that... But we know that these pressures will have an impact on patient care," he said.Eighty-two-year-old Marie Grubb from Wadebridge waited 31 hours for an ambulance after she fell on her kitchen floor and broke her pelvis.
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