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BREAKING: Ambulance handover delays outside hospitals in England are continuing to get shorter and have dropped to a new low for this winter, according to NHS data released today. BeckyJohnsonSky has the latest. NHSinCrisis

Amandip Sandhu founded Doctors in Distress after his cardiologist brother, Jagdip, took his own life in 2018."I can be sure though that being a doctor played a significant part in his death."

"When asked to take time off from work, instead of relief, he felt guilty and ashamed," said Amandip. Several placards could be spotted outside the hospital, including one which alluded to the partygate controversy, which read:"While the Tories were drinking, we were sinking." Flu hospitalisations, available beds and staff off work - what the latest NHS data tells us

49,260 staff were absent each day on average, compared with more than 60,000 through the middle of December and 52,960 last week.It was 8,029 in the week to Christmas day , and 5,077 last week.In case you missed it last week, Sky's political editor Beth Rigby spoke to Labour peer, professor, doctor and scientist Robert Winston about what he thinks needs to change to save the NHS.

However, they're still worse at this time of year than any other year we have data for. More than one in five were delayed at least half an hour. "There have been improvements in meeting both targets across all NHS regions. All Integrated Care Boards have seen improvements in tackling urgent appointments on the same day, while all but three have improved access to non-urgent appointments.

Children with the illness can require immunoglobulin - a medicine made from plasma - in order to get better.Despite the importance of immunoglobulin as a treatment, only 5,850 plasma donors are currently registered - just over half of the 10,200 needed.

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