What is health anxiety and is it clogging up the NHS?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Doctors have told Sky News the winter crisis in the health service is being made worse by patients who are demanding urgent and immediate care when it is not always what they need.
On the Sky News Daily, Niall is joined by health correspondent Ashish Joshi to discuss what is behind the rise in health anxiety and he also talks to Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, about how to improve A&E waiting times.
Producer: Alex Bishop
Editor: Wendy Parker
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