The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has called for a review of the emergency unit at the La General Hospital to ensure its bed capacity is adequate to meet growing patient demand. He said the number of emergency beds…
Huge disparities in A&E waiting times across England have been laid bare in a startling Daily Mail analysis. Our investigation reveals the country's best-performing and most beleaguered emergency departments – with patients at some hospitals more than 40 times as likely…
The label "corridor care" is hiding the true scale of the NHS hospital crisis, warns a senior doctor in The BMJ today. Corridor care refers to the practice of providing care to patients in hospital corridors, waiting areas, or other…
A 93-year-old woman had to lie on the floor for 10-and-a-half hours with broken bones while waiting for an ambulance. Margaret Owen fell in her home on 4 October and her son Graham Anthony went over after getting a call from…
Tens of thousands more die of cold than heat in the UK each year, but the ONS stopped publishing the stats in 2022. Now the UKHSA does it, but hey presto, cold deaths suddenly equal heat deaths, says Paul Homewood. It…
The funding package will support a range of frontline improvements, including new Urgent Treatment Centres, Same Day Emergency Care services, expanded ambulance fleets and upgrades to emergency departments. The aim is to increase capacity across urgent and emergency care services…
Watching a loved one wait hours in agony in A&E is the stuff of nightmares. Alarm bells should be blaring in the NHS over the appalling case of 86-year-old Joan Jones, who was left “rolling over in pain” in…
Carmarthen teenager sentenced over offensive letter and criminal damage Carmarthen man ordered to repay Co-op after grocery theft Sex offender jailed after failing to notify police following prison release Man given suspended sentence after racist note left at Henry Tufnell…
Cold weather was linked to an estimated 2,200 deaths last winter, marking a decline on the previous year, according to new statistics. Data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) showed 1,565 deaths were directly related to cold weather regardless of flu…
Scotland's largest health board has warned the public that accident and emergency departments across the region are “extremely busy” at the moment. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) asked the public on Wednesday to consider if their condition is life…
NHS waiting lists and waiting times, A&E crowding and corridor care, ambulance delays and the winter pressure on UK hospitals.
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