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The Royal College of GPs says whilst workload in general practice has escalated, successive governments have failed to invest sufficiently in the service.

The BMA says the NHS needs 10,000 extra beds and funding brought up to levels enjoyed by other leading Western European countries: a target that will not be reached under the Government’s recently announced Long Term Plan for the NHS.

BMA says the crisis in the NHS must be addressed immediately and decisively before lives are put at even more risk.

A quarter of mental health trusts recorded a reduction in income between 2016/17 and 2017/18.