Life in A&E as pressures classed critical incident
As winter pressures mount on the NHS, hospitals are buckling as they try to cope with long admission waits and bed shortages.
The BBC's Hugh Pym spent two days in A&E at Warwick Hospital where management declared a critical incident, with some staff describing the period as "one of the worst" they'd known.
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust said it had experienced "some of the highest" attendances it had ever seen at the emergency department in the past week.
Patients have been warned to expect long waiting times while medical staff offer treatment.
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