NHS crisis 'putting lives at risk', say top doctors

Royal College of Physicians warns hospitals are 'over-full' and have 'too few qualified staff'

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Protesters march to voice their concerns over the state of the NHS 

Prime Minister Theresa May has come under fire from some of the UK's top medical professionals, who claim the NHS's deepening crisis is putting patients' lives at risk.

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP), which represents 33,000 doctors, says the UK health service is "underfunded, under doctored and overstretched".

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