Image copyright PA A third of hospital trusts in England issued alerts warning they needed urgent action to cope with the pressure of patient numbers last month.
In the most serious cases – seven of the 50 trusts that issued alerts – the hospitals declared they were unable to give patients comprehensive care.
BBC Radio 4"s Today programme has been told operations have been cancelled and patients left waiting on trolleys.
NHS England said tried and tested plans were managing the pressures.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said patients in affected hospitals could face delays in receiving pain relief and antibiotics.
The Nuffield Trust health think tank released an analysis of the figures.
A new system of recording the pressure on trusts is in place this winter, known as Operational Pressures Escalation Levels.
It replaces the traditional system of hospitals declaring black or red “alerts”.
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