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Dumped in A&E and left untreated for 5 days or more: Shameful plight of some of our most vulnerable patients

Exclusive: Experts warn of ‘dire’ state of emergency care for mental health patients as ‘alarming’ figures highlight ‘unacceptable delays’

The Independent UK

Nearly 400,000 people waited for ‘more than a day’ in A&E

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine says that it should be a ‘matter of national shame’

The Independent UK

400,000 wait more than a day in A&E – figures

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said that it should be a ‘matter of national shame’.

The Independent UK

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Long A&E waits disadvantage women, figures show

WOMEN wait longer than men for emergency medical care in Scotland despite the fact they are more likely to be admitted to hospital after being seen…

The National (Scotland)

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

Wales Online

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

One patient dies every 23 minutes in England after long delay in A&E

More than 20,000 people died in 2022 after spending at least 12 hours waiting for care, figures show

The Guardian - UK

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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

Elderly people waited nearly twice as long in A&E in England as in 2021

Exclusive: rise in typical delays from nine hours to 16 hours to get care or a bed puts over 80s at greater risk of dying, say doctors

The Guardian - UK

Ministers could help the patients dying in NHS hospital corridors right now – they just choose not to

Be under no illusion: the hundreds of avoidable deaths in the NHS every week are the result of political decisions, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

Winter set to be worst ever for A&E waits as NHS ‘pressurised like never before’

A number of NHS trusts have declared ‘critical incidents’, meaning they cannot function as usual due to extraordinary pressure.

The Independent UK

Thousands of A&E patients waiting over 12 hours to be seen by a doctor

More than 2,200 patients waited half a day to be seen in A&E in April

Liverpool Echo

'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

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The Independent UK

More than 380,000 A&E patients forced to wait 12 hours as NHS accused of hiding true scale of crisis

‘NHS cannot hope to drive meaningful change and improvement in A&E unless it publishes hidden data’, royal college warns

The Independent UK

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

Medics have raised concerns about long waits in A&E departments.

Manchester Evening News

Doctor warns 'patients are coming to harm' as thousands face record 12-hour A&E waits

'The crisis in urgent and emergency care continues to deteriorate. The situation is more serious than it has ever been'

Wales Online

Warning from NHS over fears that they could face an Easter 'as bad as any winter'

"What is needed is realism on what the NHS can achieve and how quickly, given the immediate pressure it is under"

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The Independent UK

The NHS’s multimillion-pound blunders laid bare in new report

NHS Resolution conducted a “deep dive” into high-value negligence claims.

Manchester Evening News

Inside Greater Manchester hospitals battling new Covid wave as doctor warns ‘we can’t rule out cancelling elective surgeries again’

SPECIAL REPORT: Rising hospital admissions, patients spilling onto corridors, and spiralling staff shortages - just weeks into Greater Manchester's Omicron recovery. Helena Vesty reports.

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