The Latest Breaking News from Ian Higginson

Overcrowding in UK’s A&E departments ‘increases risk of death’

Around 550 deaths every week across all of England, Wales and Northern Ireland may be caused by overcrowding in emergency departments, a study found.

Evening Standard · Sep 24

A&E overcrowding linked to ‘550 deaths every week’, warns study

Analysis of more than 19,000 patients reveals that overcrowding in emergency departments ‘increases risk of death’

The Independent UK · Sep 24

Almost 75% of A&E staff in UK face violence or aggression daily or weekly

Survey finds long waiting times and overcrowding have made abuse ‘routine’ part of working on hospital frontline

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6

A&Es in ‘big trouble’ because of ‘normalised’ corridor care, says leading UK medic

Emergency medicine specialist says improved social care and efficiency would help crisis in NHS

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2025

Hospital emergency departments ‘in big trouble’ as ‘corridor care’ becoming normalised, medical chief says

Dr Ian Higginson said there should be ‘howls of outrage’ over deaths linked to long A&E wait times

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2025

Emergency departments in ‘big trouble’ as corridor care ‘normalised’ – expert

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has questioned why there is not ‘howls of outrage’ about deaths linked to long waits.

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2025

Scale of A&E crisis laid bare as one in five patients treated in corridors or waiting rooms

Patients are being forced to wait two days for a bed as corridor care become ‘endemic’

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025

Corridor care ‘endemic’ in UK, doctors say as study reveals scale of problem

One in five patients treated in hallways, offices and cupboards at almost every A&E, according to research

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025

Why Wes Streeting is unlikely to fulfil his promise to end corridor care

Experts have said that the health secretary’s welcome ambition to end ‘corridor care’ is all-but impossible if the government wants the NHS to make strides on hitting its raft of other targets

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

London hospitals brace for ‘historic winter crisis’ as 12-hour-plus A&E waits hit new high

Record numbers of patients are enduring long delays for emergency care, with flu cases and ambulance calls spiking as winter strikes loom

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2025