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Top doctor ‘desperate’ to keep parents out of ‘lobster trap’ hospitals

’For someone who is frail, hospital is often a bad place for them,’ senior doctor says

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Top doctor doctor 'desperate' to keep parents out of 'lobster trap' hospitals

Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said hospital are easy to get into but hard to get out of, with an average of 13,163 beds per day occupied by people ready to be discharged last month

Wales Online · Nov 14, 2022

Hospitals now 'often bad places' that 'harm' vulnerable patients, warns top A&E doctor

Dr Adrian Boyle says he's "desperate" to keep his own parents out of hospital as social care problems are crippling the NHS with patients stranded on wards and more than 130,000 job vacancies

Daily Mirror · Nov 14, 2022

Loss of 25,000 NHS beds caused ‘serious patient safety crisis’, finds report

Ten-year decline has caused sharp rise in waiting times for A&E, ambulances and surgery

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022

NHS needs 13,000 beds to tackle A&E waiting times and ambulance delays – report

Research by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine also said the UK has the second lowest number of beds per 1,000 people in the EU.

The Independent UK · May 30, 2022

‘Patients will almost certainly die’ if delays get worse, warns ambulance leader amid ‘dangerous’ A&E waits

Exclusive: Hospital leaders in the last week have been told by the NHS that they must improve ambulance response times immediately

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022