article_snippet: Many patients who fall ill in this time will go to A&E as Many patients who fall ill in this time are still unaware of how to contact Many patients who fall ill in this time out-of-hours service or of the NHS 111 helpline.
article_snippet: A&E units are still under intense pressure even though winter is almost over and the numbers of seriously ill patients has declined.
article_snippet: Figures for last week showed that the NHS as a whole failed to meet the target of ensuring that 95 per cent of patients were seen within four hours.
article_snippet: This has not been met since September but health officials are hoping that the situation will finally improve in April, when the weather turns milder and winter illnesses begin to abate.