‘They have made it clear that the absence of functioning executive has caused "an impossible situation" in the health service which is under unprecedented pressure.

The group of senior doctors and nurses warned they were seeing the dangers of "normalising the unacceptable" such as patients being admitted for surgery that cannot be undertaken in routine circumstances anymore.‘ https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/senior-medics-sign-letter-demanding-urgent-meeting-with-ni-secretary-chris-heaton-harris-over-health-crisis-42303220.html