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Edinburgh patients 'fall off trolleys and given wrong drugs' in overcrowded A&E

After an inspection by Healthcare Improvement Scotland, serious concerns about patient's safety within the A&E department at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh have been raised with NHS Lothian

Edinburgh Live

Ambulance crews ‘stretched to breaking point’ as mental health sick days soar

Huge surge in number of ambulance staff signed off for metal illness as pressure mounts

The Independent UK

Hospital trusts fail to hit A&E targets AGAIN - check how your one is performing

National figures for March 2023 showed little over half of people attending major A&E departments across England were seen within four fours

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Stabbings and shootings contribute to busiest year ever for London’s Air Ambulance

Almost 2,000 patients were treated last year, the highest ever recorded by the charity

Evening Standard

Latest A&E waiting times for Ayrshire are a 'real worry'

The latest set of figures have been met with dismay from two MSPs.

Daily Record

People do not have faith in NHS Wales, says head of the head of the British Medical Association in Wales

Dr Iona Collins said that NHS Wales was not functional and that people did not have faith in the service

Wales Online

England’s ambulance crews spend 1.8m hours a year on mental health callouts

Exclusive: Labour says ‘alarming’ NHS figures show rising number of people on waiting lists for support reaching out to 999 in a crisis

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NHS ambulance staff in England quitting for less stressful, better paid jobs

At least one in five key workers in NHS trust services leave over the course of a year

The Guardian - UK

'Responsibility for ambulance crisis is with a Government that has failed to invest in NHS'

The average time for an ambulance to arrive for someone suffering stroke, severe burns or chest pain is now 93 minutes. This is five times longer than the target of 18 minutes

Daily Mirror

120 people died EVERY DAY before ambulances arrived last year as 999 delays soar

In total, 43,758 people were pronounced dead as soon as an ambulance reached them last year. Government sources insisted there was no evidence the deaths were a result of delays

Daily Mirror

Dumfries and Galloway residents face 70-mile trip for emergency treatment

Departments at both DGRI and Galloway Community Hospital are feeling the pressure

Daily Record

People ‘praying they don’t fall ill or suffer an accident,’ says Labour

It comes as new figures show the longest wait times for 999 ambulance calls in December

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer says NHS is ‘broken’ and in jeopardy under Tories

Research by Labour shows 4.5 million in England went to A&E last year due to lack of GP appointments

The Guardian - UK

People ‘praying they don’t fall ill or suffer an accident’ – Labour

It comes as new figures show the longest wait times for 999 ambulance calls in December.

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Patients waiting up to an hour and a half for 999 calls to be answered, figures show

Those phoning 111 are waiting up to three hours before the phone is picked up, data shows

Liverpool Echo

Patient waited more than 65 hours for ambulance as new figures lift lid on NHS crisis

The patient was category 3 which means the call as urgent but not immediately life-threatening

Daily Mirror

Patients facing TWO day waits for ambulances as paramedics stuck outside hospitals

A patient waited more than 65 hours for an ambulance after making a category 3 call as data from across England shows people enduring long waits to be taken to hospital

The Independent UK

Some patients forced to wait more than two days for ambulances, new data shows

Some 36,000 category 2 patients overall waited more than three-and-a-half hours in December for ambulances

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Daily Mirror

Women in late labour could be waiting up to two-and-a-half DAYS for ambulance

Figures obtained by Labour revealed it took 65 hours for paramedics to get to one person in the North West in December - 32 times the two-hour target for a category 3 call

The Independent UK

‘Some patients left waiting more than two days for an ambulance’

Some 36,000 category 2 patients overall waited more than three-and-a-half hours in December for ambulances.

Daily Mirror

NHS spending £1 million per WEEK on private ambulances for 999 calls

At least £61million is being spent annually in England on the extra provision from private firms as ambulance services struggle to respond to emergency calls

The Guardian - UK

One in 10 A&E patients in England face ‘dangerous’ 12-hour waits

NHS data for February shows 125,505 people spent at least 12 hours waiting to be admitted, transferred or discharged

Evening Standard

You must still go to appointments despite doctors’ strike, say trusts

Patients have been urged to attend appointments as British Medical Association members continue their strike action over pay

Daily Mirror

A&E staff may treat only patients who arrive by ambulance as doctors' strike bites

Expert is worried the NHS will struggle to cope during the “hangover period” from the strikes next week, and says emergency departments may treat only patients arriving by ambulance

Daily Mirror

Ambulance waits in Steve Barclay's own constituency among the worst, data shows

Category one patients - the most severe - waited an average of 14 minutes for an ambulance to arrive in the Health Secretary's parliamentary seat of North East Cambridgeshire

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