Hundreds of patients are dying unnecessarily as a bad flu season compounds systemic problems in the NHS, warns Royal College of Emergency Medicine chief Dr Adrian Boyle.
Another medic told of “Dickensian overcrowding” amid the emergency care NHS winter crisis.
Dr Boyle said this winter is likely to be the worst on record for A&E wait times as hospitals are hit with rocketing demand driven by flu, Covid and Strep A.
