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'500 people dying every week' due to delays in NHS emergency care

President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine says a bad flu season is compounding systemic problems

Wales Online

'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

Daily Mirror

Public urged to use ‘common sense’ as ambulance workers strike

Thousands of paramedics and ambulance workers are on strike in England and Wales in a row over pay and conditions.

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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’

The Guardian - UK

Northern Ireland's health service 'in a dangerous situation' after major incident at Antrim Hospital

Dr Paul Kerr from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said "it’s a poor situation"

Belfast Live

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

Investigation launched at Glasgow hospital after two patients die in A&E waiting room

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned that long waits for treatment have contributed to hundreds of avoidable deaths.

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NHS forced to publish hidden trolley wait data by UK regulator

Exclusive: NHS publishes data showing almost 1 million 12-hour trolley waits in 2021-22

The Independent UK

Revealed: ‘Apocalyptic’ A&E waits that could be driving 1,000 patient deaths a month

Exclusive: The ‘hidden’ monthly trolley waits are not published in national data

The Independent UK

NHS has ‘broken’ its promise to the public over the ambulance service

‘At the moment we really are struggling to make any kind of progress in patient safety,’ says president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine

The Independent UK

Hundreds of children in mental health crisis facing ‘unacceptable’ A&E waits every week

Exclusive: Trust chief executive warns a woman with learning disabilities waited 300 hours in A&E

The Independent UK

'Alarming' 12-hour waits for more than 1,000 A&E patients every day, report shows

A new report from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine shows that an average of of more than 1,000 patients daily have to wait more than 12 hours to be seen at A&E departments

Daily Mirror

12-hour waits for at least 1,000 A&E patients every day in England

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has raised concerns over 'alarming' levels of patients in emergency departments

Wales Online

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

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The Independent UK

Hidden A&E figures revealed as thousands a day forced to wait 12 hours or more

Exclusive A&E departments ‘crippled’ by ‘huge’ trolley waits as patients come to harm, doctors warn

The Guardian - UK

‘For staff, this is heartbreaking’: senior doctor’s view on crisis in urgent care

Katherine Henderson describes ‘a world of constant apology, compromise and frustration’

The Guardian - UK

‘Appalling’ waits for ambulances in England leaving lives at risk

Exclusive: Royal College of Emergency Medicine president says NHS is breaking its agreement to treat sickest in a timely way

The Independent UK

‘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

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Daily Record

SNP slammed for NHS 'mismanagement' as hundreds of patients left waiting more than 12 hours in A&E

Official figures showed 1,022 people waited more than half a day in A&E wards last week - an increase of seven per cent from the week before.

Daily Mirror

Rise in number of patients forced to wait 12 hours in A&E to be admitted into hospital

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has found nearly one in 10 patients waited that long to be admitted in the first week of this month

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