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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

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

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

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350,000 patients in England waited over 12 hours to go from A&E to NHS bed last year

Lib Dem analysis shows total was at record high in 2022, and compares with 1,306 people in 2015

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds more people died than normal in last week of 2022 as crisis cripples NHS

Latest data shows an alarming rise in people dying in their own homes - with over 680 more people dying at private addresses than would usually be expected in England and Wales

Daily Mirror

Crisis in A&E medicine cannot be blamed on pandemic, warns senior medic

Royal College of Emergency Medicine president Adrian Boyle was among health leaders who attended the Prime Minister’s winter crisis talks.

The Independent UK

Ministers could help the patients dying in NHS hospital corridors right now – they just choose not to

Be under no illusion: the hundreds of avoidable deaths in the NHS every week are the result of political decisions, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Independent UK

Delays in urgent care ‘causing hundreds of deaths’

NHS waiting times are reaching record highs as hospitals are overwhelmed with patients amid a severe flu outbreak and rising Covid cases.

Manchester Evening News

Up to 500 people dying each week due to crippling NHS delays, top doctor warns

"We need to actually get a grip of this"

Daily Mirror

'Broken' NHS forces A&E staff 'to ask sick patients to monitor their own vital signs'

A&E workers have spoken of the 'Dickensian overcrowding' faced in hospitals as ten trusts declared Critical Incidents this week where services are crippled by staff shortages

The Independent UK

Winter set to be worst ever for A&E waits as NHS ‘pressurised like never before’

A number of NHS trusts have declared ‘critical incidents’, meaning they cannot function as usual due to extraordinary pressure.

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The Independent UK

Families desperately take their loved ones to A&E in their own cars

Soldiers helped move patients into hospital

Daily Mirror

Don't get 'blind drunk' at Christmas parties during ambulance strikes, NHS boss warns

Professor Sir Stephen Powis said the public need to be 'sensible' during a 'difficult day' as more than 10,000 emergency workers from Unite, Unison and GMB unions stage walkouts over pay.

Evening Standard

Drive suspected stroke victims to A&E, says top doctor, as paramedics strike

Ambulance workers striking for 12 hours on Wednesday

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak handed 48-hour ultimatum to stop more nurses strikes in January

Thousands of nurses battling for a pay rise will walk out again in 2023 if the Government does not offer them a fresh deal in the next two days, after Health Secretary says demands are 'unaffordable'

The Guardian - UK

Guardian’s ‘33 hours’ shows reality of NHS on edge of collapse, say doctors

‘Devastating’ report exposing pressures in health service should be wake-up call to ministers, say senior medics

The Independent UK

NHS 111 crisis adds pressure to health system as Strep A calls spike

Exclusive: Holly Ramsey from Kent waited 12 hours for a NHS 111 call back for her children with Scarlet Fever symptoms

The Guardian - UK

Emergency care issues in England contributed to 200 deaths last week, says medical chief

Head of Royal College of Emergency Medicine says lengthy waits forcing ambulances to be ‘wards on wheels’

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