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‘Alarming’ jump in proportion of knife assault hospital cases aged under 18
Dr Adrian Boyle, president of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the body is sharing anonymous information about ...
Shocking 14,000 deaths linked to A&E delays – as record number of patients wait OVER 12 hours due to NHS ‘logjam’
THOUSANDS of patients could be dying due to A&E delays – as many wait in “trolleys, cupboards and chairs” for over 12 hours at a time. Almost 14,000 deaths were linked to ...
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Warning over 'unacceptable' A&E waiting times
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) said the number of patients waiting for more than 12 hours in A&E is 99 times higher than it was 14 years ago. The statistics, based on figures from ...
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Number of patients waiting over 12 hours after A&E admission reaches record high
New figures from NHS England show a record 61,529 people waited more than 12 hours in A&E departments from a decision to ...
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Thousands wait more than day in A&E for beds
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has warned that nationally, the situation could be costing thousands of lives. NHS England said they were dealing with rising demand and staff were ...
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A&E will be swamped by half of England’s population every year unless NHS reformed, warns top doctor
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said that report should be a “watershed moment” and a “line in the sand” on corridor care. This week, the Royal College of Physicians warned ...
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David Oliver: Losing too many NHS hospital beds has been an act of avoidable self-sabotage with predictable consequences
In recent decades we’ve surely lost too many general and acute hospital beds in the UK, without creating sufficient alternative capacity outside hospital. This has resulted in entirely predictable ...