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Patients on trolleys in corridors, kids with weak immune systems filling A&E, and GPs who can't give you answers - what it's really like right now in the NHS

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From the moment a patients walks into a GP surgery to being discharged from a hospital bed, health and care in Greater Manchester is creaking under pressure.

Every day for months, stories from NHS staff, patients and even politicians have been spilling out, painting a stark picture of a system near breaking point in the midst of unprecedented demand.

This week, England's Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty has said the NHS is 'a resilient organisation', appearing confident that the mammoth organisation will make it through the winter.

But up and down the country, there are paramedics waiting hours to transfer the sickest patients to A&Es, already bursting at the seams; there are families losing loved ones as they wait almost an

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