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Annie White (left) has also posted an eye-opening video showing 15 ambulances waiting outside the casualty unit at the Leicester Royal Infirmary (right). The trainee jeweller penned a Facebook note to Theresa May (inset) following her father’s delay after he fell at his home in Barwell, Leicestershire, on Tuesday. Ms White, 24, posted it alongside a 12-second clip of ambulances stacked up outside the hospital. The footage lays bare the current crisis in the NHS. Unprecedented winter pressures have seen ambulance delays hit their highest total this winter, with 16,900 forced to wait for 30 minutes in the week before Christmas. Mrs May has denied there is a crisis, but yesterday apologised to those patients who face a delay after NHS bosses announced 55,000 operations will be postponed. Ms White, from Hinckley, hopes the open letter will 'force the Government to listen to the NHS', with staff desperately crying out for extra-funding.

Drew Bouché, 38, from Wisconsin played football from eight years old until college and suffered countless concussions during high school career and as a wide receiver at the University of South Dakota. Now the father experiences daily headaches, depression and mood swings that have affected his personal and professional relationships. He believes he has the degenerative brain disease CTE which has crippled the brains of hundreds of NFL players and pushed dozens to suicide.

Josephine Smalley, from Hampshire (pictured left), had to wait a total of seven hours for treatment at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth after 'struggling to breathe'. Over 20 ambulances were forced to wait for up to five hours on New Year's Eve at the hospital (inset). Her devastated family (right) have demanded action from politicians over flu crisis.

Ethan Rosenberg, three, (left) was born with a rare genetic brain disorder that has left him unable to speak and predicted to lose the ability to walk by 10. He is the only person diagnosed in his home state of Texas and just one of six in the US with the disease, spastic paraplegia 47 (SPG47). His parents Suchan and Matthew Rosenberg (right) are hoping for a cure before the disease takes over their son's motor abilities.

EXCLUSIVE: Mehtap Francis, 46, from Hackney, east London, began to suffer from thinning hair (shown top right) in her twenties. Over the years, the patch on the top of her head got bigger causing her to nearly break up with her partner. Then she got her confidence back after having scalp micropigmentation (pictured after it, bottom right) – involving tattooing her head with 40,000 hair imitating dots.

The premiere of Dr Sandra Lee's new TLC show was aired last night much to her fans' delight. The California-based dermatologist, who has become a YouTube sensation, has also launched a Facebook Watch series called 'This Is Zit'. The first episode – featuring an epidermoid cyst – is already live.

While it's common knowledge that we should all be looking after our skin, it can be a costly business when you find your moisturiser or serum are running out every five seconds. But what if we told you that you could be using too much of your favourite products, and that instead you need far less to look and feel great? Australian dermatologist, Dr Natasha Cook, revealed to FEMAIL just how much foundation, sunscreen, eye cream, serum and cleanser you really need (stock images). The results might surprise you.

Regional health trusts accepted £5,027,818 from firms between 2015 and 2017, according to freedom of information data from all 207 clinical commissioning groups in England. However, only £1,283,767 was listed - meaning clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have ignored strict requirements from NHS England (inset). VIP tickets for a Manchester United FC match (pictured right is the club's French midfielder Paul Pogba) and a Beyoncé (left) concert were among the thousands of gifts that were publically declared. Critics are concerned the vast amount of funding CCGs get from pharmaceutical firms could 'result in prescribing that harms'.

The Club House in New York's Upper East Side looks more like a gentleman's lounge than a clinic, with dark walls, leather sofas, heaps of red velvet, bottles of whiskey, and naked photo of Alessandra Ambrosio on the wall.  But according to its founder Dr Norman Rowe, this 'ambiance of machismo' is filling a gaping hole in the market for plastic surgery: a place for men to feel comfortable. For too long, he complains, clinics have been geared toward women.

Dan Parker has revealed reducing the size of chocolate bars without changing the price is a ploy used by UK food manufacturers to create the illusion family-sized treats are better value for money, which is fueling the obesity crisis (inset). Television adverts also promote supersized portions with a promotion for Walkers Crisps showing former footballer and sports broadcaster Gary Lineker (left) in hospital with a large bag of Walkers crisps, refusing to share it. A promotion for MARS' Galaxy shows a digitally created version of the screen icon Audrey Hepburn (right) choosing the back seat of a car over sitting next to a handsome male admirer so she can eat a large chocolate bar to herself.

In his first TV interview since the unprecedented move by the NHS, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt (top left) apologised to anyone who has been affected by the decision to postpone some procedures, saying 'it is absolutely not what I want'. And Prime Minister Theresa May (top right), speaking about the crisis during her visit to Wokingham, didn't go as far as apologising, but said she understood the disappointment for those affected. The decision was made in the grip of a winter 'crisis', which an NHS chief has since denied is happening - despite the 'extremely difficult circumstances' placed on A&E; units across the country. Professor Keith WIllett (bottom right), NHS England's director for acute care, admitted the drastic decision is 'not ideal'. While the crisis ensues, A&E; staff have taken to social media (bottom left) to condemn the situation, revealing they are 'ashamed' over the 'substandard care' the NHS is offering. Others branded the crisis as 'battlefield medicine'. Sick people were told to drive themselves to hospital as more than 20 ambulances queued for up to five hours to hand over patients at an A&E; (main image).

Bella Doolittle (center) of New York was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's last February and she and her husband, Will (left), have since been chronicling her changes for the worse - and for the better. The former campus coordinator and activist's (bottom right) 'type A' personality has begun to change, a common symptom of her disease, but she, Will and her children (including Ginny, pictured top right) are learning to embrace the new Bella.

Mother-to-be Reanna Stephens, 18, is expecting her son in April but is so slim that strangers have accused her of faking her pregnancy. The student, from South Carolina, hit back at critics and revealed that her healthy vegan diet and gentle exercise routine have helped maintain her figure. She showed off her almost non-existent baby bump in a series of extraordinary pregnancy snaps, pictured, which reveal how little her figure has changed over the last six months.

A mother has revealed how she dramatically shed half her body weight. Sarah Wolter (pictured before and after her weight loss journey) lived off an unhealthy diet of carbohydrates, sugar and salty snacks - a lifestyle that saw her tip the scales at 166 kilograms at her heaviest. But fast forward, the 48-year-old, from South Australia, now looks unrecognisable after dropping an incredible 83 kilograms within two years. Here, she reveals how she lost weight naturally without 'pills, surgery or gimmicks'.

Dr Richard Fawcett, who works at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, revealed that the department had run out of corridors (inset) to house patients. His heartfelt tweet (main), which made national headlines on Saturday, described the true situation that faced many A&E; units across the country. He has now blamed the crisis, which saw some patients have to wait 12 hours to see a doctor and ambulances stacked up outside, on overcrowding. Dr Fawcett tweeted: 'As an A&E; consultant, I personally apologise to the people of stoke for the 3rd world conditions of the dept due to overcrowding [sic]'

Researchers from the SO-EP Aesthetic & Plastic Surgery Clinic, Turkey, also found that migraine sufferers no longer require any pain-relieving medication after undergoing transplants. Everton striker and former England footballer Wayne Rooney underwent a hair transplant at just 25 years old in 2011 after he started to go bald (pictured left before the procedure and right after).

How much attention did you pay to last year’s medical news? Put yourself to the test with our quiz, compiled by HELEN FOSTER — it could give you some ideas for a healthier 2018. Give yourself a point for each correct answer, and see how you rate at the end.

Verity Degg (pictured left while pregnant), from Tamworth, Staffordshire, thought she was going through the menopause after struggling for years to conceive a sibling for Jack, eight - her only son with husband Jack (pictured right). And after feeling unwell for a few weeks, Verity - who had given up hope that they would have another child - found out she was carrying her 'miracle' baby Olly (pictured right with older brother Jack, and centre with Verity). The nine-month-old boy was born weighing a healthy 7lb 2oz - despite Verity being told her body wouldn't be able to cope with another pregnancy.

Harley Street nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert reveals in her new book that the healthiest meals are made up of four elements that must be a certain size. The meals must include (pictured right) a portion of protein, she recommends, as well as a portion of complex carbohydrates, two handfuls of non-starchy vegetables (left), and a thumb-sized portion of healthy fats. A sample meal might be salmon, with sweet potato, tomatoes, peppers, courgettes cooked in oil and seeds (right).

A Cambridge graduate and former business high-flier, Clare Pooley looked like she had it all when she became a stay-at-home mum to Evie, 11, Kit, eight, and Maddie, six. But her fondness for alcohol began to catch up with her. Yesterday, in part two of our serialisation of her book, The Sober Diaries, Clare described being diagnosed with breast cancer. Here, she tells what happened next...

Looking good is something that many celebrities just have to do. But how do they pull it off? Here a selection of stars reveal exactly how they’re planning to stay in shape in the New Year (although some resolutions seems a little more plausible than others – don’t they, Piers?). Kirstie Allsopp says she is going to be meditating more while Carol Vorderman plans to cut out the carbs. Piers Morgan is going to start spinning and Shirley Ballas is cutting out all things white.

Two-year-old Orla Healy, from Luton, was diagnosed with DiGeorge syndrome – where a small piece of one chromosome is missing – while her mother was pregnant with her. Now Orla and her parents, Tina and John, have been granted their wish of a ‘normal’ Christmas thanks to the support of Keech Hospice Care, whose staff ensured the family had all the medical support they needed to celebrate last Monday at home.