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More than 250 patients a week ‘die needlessly due to long A&E waits’

Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said excessively long waits continue to put patients at risk of serious harm

Evening Standard

More than half of ambulance workers have seen patient die because of delay

GMB union calls findings based on views of more than 1,200 NHS ambulance workers in England and Wales ‘utterly terrifying’

The Guardian - UK

23,000 people died last year because of long waits at A&E, say experts

The RCEM found that in 2022 some 1,656,206 patients in England waited 12 hours or more from their time of arrival in an emergency department until they were admitted, transferred or discharged

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A&E delays linked to tens of thousands of patient deaths, top doctors claim

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said the scale was ‘deeply distressing’

The Independent UK

College claims 23,000 excess deaths in 2022 were ‘linked to A&E waits’

A new briefing paper by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine examined long waits and excess deaths.

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

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

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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

Rishi Sunak admits 'unacceptable delays' but refuses to say NHS is in crisis - everything he said about healthcare

Rishi Sunak has also refused to say whether he uses private healthcare

Manchester Evening News

Forty people dying every week in Scots A&E crisis as politicians demand action

Medics, unions and opposition politicians have called it a “catastrophe” and demanded Health Secretary Humza Yousaf takes action immediately.

Daily Record

NHS in crisis: The Brits who have died while waiting hours for ambulances

Paul Westerman, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, became one of the latest people to die in the UK following long waits for ambulances

Daily Mirror

Health Secretary blames flu, Covid and Strep A fears for NHS pressures

Steve Barclay’s comments come as senior doctors say the NHS is on a knife edge.

The Independent UK

Fury as Rishi Sunak claims NHS ‘has funding it needs’ to tackle crisis

PM accused of insult to ‘all those suffering in hospital corridors or in the back of ambulances’

The Independent UK

There is now only one logical solution to stop our NHS perma-crisis

Like a grotesque mirror image of Advent, the NHS “winter crisis” has become an annual fixture — a painful reminder of the limitations of the health service, a litany of awful anecdotes and a ritual political controversy.

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Wales Online

NHS facing 'intolerable' pressure as Government urged to act over emergency care

The British Medical Association said that the Government’s 'political choices' were leading to patients 'dying unnecessarily'

The Independent UK

Government urged to act amid warnings of ‘intolerable’ NHS pressures

Top medics described the current situation as ‘unbearable’ and ‘intolerable’, as the Prime Minister faced calls to address the crisis.

The Independent UK

NHS pressure ‘intolerable and unsustainable’, warn medics

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine claimed that somewhere between 300 and 500 people are dying each week due to delays.

The National (Scotland)

UK deaths due to emergency care delays 'not a short-term thing'

AN estimated 500 people are dying each week because of delays in emergency care and it's “not a short-term thing”, a senior health official…

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Manchester Evening News

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."

Wales Online

Medics aren't making up 500 extra deaths a week claim, insists health leader

Ian Higginson said the Royal College of Emergency Medicine figures were more than a 'guesstimate'

The Independent UK

Deaths caused by emergency care delays ‘not a short-term thing’

Ian Higginson, vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the current problems are not down to Covid or flu.

Evening Standard

Some A&Es in ‘complete state of crisis’ amid pressure on NHS, medics warn

Health chiefs warn situation ‘intolerable and unsustainable’ with strain greater than at the peak of the Covid pandemic

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

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.

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