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Mike Paynter: Don’t blame winter pressures or patient demand for A&E crisis

The government’s reluctance to adequately fund health and social care is forcing patients and clinicians to endure ‘winter pressures’ all year round, says urgent care nurse Mike Paynter.
Posted 17 January 2017 - 16:57
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