Four in five critical care beds full and one in four ambulance handovers taking more than 30 minutes
Hospitals in England are already 94% full, with four out of five critical care beds occupied, even before the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus has started to cause a big influx of patients.
NHS statistics published on Thursday showed hospitals under intense pressure and sparked fresh fears that the health service may struggle to deal with the coming surge in Covid cases.
