A health chief has เล่นสล็อต warned the NHS is experiencing "winter in July" due to mounting waiting list pressures

York's public health director Sharon Stoltz said services were busier than ever due to a backlog of elective procedures and other illnesses.

Low staff morale and sickness was also cited as a concern.

Yorkshire and Scarborough Teaching Hospital Trust said they were busy but better placed to cope than at the beginning of the pandemic.

Ms Stoltz told a York council committee that she had meetings where hospital staff, GPs and other care providers had spoken of increasing pressure.

She said: "It's winter now in the NHS, in July. We have never known it as bad as this.

"And there is a real fear for what winter will bring, when the health system is so busy now."

She also said staff morale was low, with many off sick due to Covid, stress, mental health and the need to isolate.

Part of the pressure on York Hospital and GP surgeries stemmed from trying to tackle a backlog of elective procedures, waiting lists and a busier A&E department.