Health officials call for executive action saying winter pressures came many months ago.
Mr Taylor said there are currently 124,917 patients waiting for surgery in Northern Ireland and they are presenting in emergency departments as a "journey of their illness"."It requires a collective approach, we have said it repeatedly that you need a functioning government, you need all people willing to make the changes that are needed," he said.
Unison representative James Large said his members were "feeling the strain" across the entire healthcare system. He told Good Morning Ulster: "It's just become completely unsustainable for our members who haven't had a break, it's been relentless over the last two-and-a-half, three years. "I think it's a bit disingenuous to call it winter pressures because it's all year round pressure, it just doesn't go away and it's gradually getting worse with each passing day."
He called for a functioning executive, adding spiralling food and fuel costs would contribute to hospital admissions this winter.
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