The Latest Breaking News from Adrian Boyle

Biggest strike day in NHS history will be ‘difficult’, chief warns

It comes as a leading emergency doctor described ‘terrible’ conditions in A&E departments in December

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2023

A&Es ‘haemorrhaging’ nurses as strikes to hit services hard, health chiefs warn

Experienced A&E nurses are leaving in ‘droves’ warns Dr Adrian Boyle

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Experienced nurses leaving NHS in 'droves' as staff 'run ragged', health leader warns

The President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Dr Adrian Boyle told MPs he is worried 'burn out will lead to burn away' with existing health service staff overwhelmed

Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2023

Health advice issued for children’s return to school amid high levels of covid, scarlet fever and flu

Parents are being advised to take “simple” steps to keep their children safe as they return to school with flu, coronavirus and scarlet fever circulating.

Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2023

Politicians and experts react to claim up to 500 people could die each week due to crippling NHS delays

"All this is at a level that most of us who’ve worked in emergency medicine have never seen before. It’s dreadful."

Manchester Evening News · Jan 2, 2023

NHS pressure ‘unbearable’, medics warn Rishi Sunak as PM told to take action

Royal College of Emergency Medicine chief warns government may attempt to ‘discredit’ figures suggesting up to 500 deaths a week from delays in care

The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2023

Patient forced to wait 99 HOURS for a bed as NHS winter crisis tightens its grip

A patient at Great Western Hospital in Swindon was left on a trolley for over four days until a bed freed up, as a severe flu outbreak and rising Covid cases are said to be adding pressure to the NHS

Daily Mirror · Jan 1, 2023

NHS under same pressure as during early stages of pandemic

But this time there is 'a worn-out workforce, even higher levels of staff shortages and vacancies'

Wales Online · Jan 1, 2023

NHS facing ‘equivalent levels of pressure’ as the pandemic

Exhausted and underresourced staff are experiencing a higher demand for care than ever during a severe flu season, officials said.

The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023

NHS in crisis as 500 people die each week due to 'killer' to emergency care delays

Royal College of Emergency Medicine President Dr Adrian Boyle said the NHS 'cannot continue like this and 'it is unsafe and undignified' as he fired off a grim warning to Tory ministers

Daily Mirror · Jan 1, 2023