The British Red Cross Bristol Emergency Response Unit in Bristol | Matt Cardy/Getty Images Red Cross deployed to aid ‘crisis’ in the NHS Charity called on the government to ‘allocate immediate funding to stabilize the current system.’

LONDON — The British Red Cross, a health care charity better known for its work in war zones, has been drafted to help the “crisis” in the U.K.'s National Health Service.

“We have been called in to support the NHS and help get people home from hospital and free up much-needed beds,” the Red Cross Tweeted.

“We're sending in volunteers and our Land Rover fleet to help get people home from hospital and free up beds during the current winter crisis,” the charity said in another Tweet.

It comes after the BBC reported that two patients died waiting for emergency treatment at Worcester Royal Hospital. One patient had been waiting 35 hours.

In a statement, the charity warned some patients were being sent home without proper clothing, or the appropriate care to help them when they get home.

“In the current crisis, the Red Cross has already provided support to staff at the East Midlands Ambulance Service across Nottingham, Leicester, Lincoln, Kettering and Northampton,” the statement said. “Elsewhere we have boosted our existing support at home services to help alleviate some of the pressure."

The Red Cross called on the government to “allocate immediate funding to stabilize the current system and set out plans toward creating a sustainable funding settlement for the future.”