GP Jonny Coates, who is based in Newcastle, shared a photo on Twitter of a prescription form and food bank referral sheet. "Today I had to prescribe FOOD to a patient in a desperate situation. I was shocked when I first heard the term “food bank” several years ago and now we have doctors writing a prescription for FOOD. Another replied: "I volunteer in a food bank, and the amount of families I've helped with food, fuel and tried to give budgeting advice to is horrendous, something has to change." The photo is the latest of a number of upsetting pictures shared on social media highlighting the crisis in the NHS.

Source: Daily Mirror December 11, 2019 14:37 UTC