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NHS in summer crisis of emergency care waits, doctors say

Royal College of Emergency Medicine raises alarm over ‘entirely preventable’ deaths, as elderly people bear brunt

The Guardian - UK

More than 250 patients a week ‘die needlessly due to long A&E waits’

Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said excessively long waits continue to put patients at risk of serious harm

Evening Standard

England A&E wait times led to needless deaths of up to 14,000, data suggests

RCEM calculates 268 people are likely to have died each week in 2023 while waiting up to 12 hours for a bed

The Guardian - UK

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London's A&E crisis revealed as one in eight people face 12-hour wait

Health bosses say situation in emergency care is 'shameful' and needs urgent improvement

Evening Standard

Sunak’s missed targets leave NHS facing catastrophic winter crisis

Revealed: the PM’s pledges in January to improve waiting times and bed numbers are behind schedule, according to official data

The Guardian - UK

Top doctors warn A&E crisis is making patients sicker as corridor care becomes routine

Exclusive: Dr Vicky Price says risks to patients will only worsen this winter with one elderly man dying after 40-hour A&E wait

The Independent UK

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’

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‘Misleading’ A&E figures in England hiding poor performance

Emergency doctors say figures are aggregated with those of minor injury centres to get closer to targets

The Guardian - UK

A&E seeing more people with sore throats, backache, insomnia and coughs

NHS Providers said the strain on primary care services, including GPs and dentists, means patients often resort to A&E.

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

‘We’re cutting NHS waiting times’, claims health minister despite record lists

A minister has claimed the Government is making “good progress” on NHS waiting lists, despite a record numbers of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment in England.

Evening Standard

NHS ‘not sufficiently resilient’, says top medic as winter plans discussed

NHS England said teams across the service had been planning for a ‘busy’ winter period since the start of summer.

The Independent UK

Thousands of babies face hospitalisation with life-threatening virus this winter as government delays vaccine

Exclusive: Thousands of children’s operations will have to be cancelled as babies stricken with breathing virus fill up beds – piling further pressure on soaring waiting lists, Dr Camilla Kingdon says

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Crisis in A&E sees blood transfusion deaths up as waits and errors increase

One elderly man with an intestinal bleed died after treatment delays caused by a lack of available A&E beds

Evening Standard

Top doctor warns ‘thousands’ could die in NHS winter crisis

The NHS is ‘sailing towards an iceberg’ with hundreds of excess deaths expected this winter, experts have warned

The Independent UK

Thousands of people may die due to inadequate NHS winter plans – senior doctor

Dr Adrian Boyle said the Government was ‘blithely sailing towards an iceberg’ with its plans for treating people.

The Independent UK

A chilling warning from Britain’s most senior A&E doctor: Tory winter plan could kill thousands

Exclusive: Frail elderly and mentally ill will suffer most this winter, warns Dr Adrian Boyle

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The Guardian - UK

NHS in acute condition: the crisis facing the UK’s hospitals

Health professionals fear the country is heading for an autumn of strikes, a funding black hole and long waiting lists that will leave untreated patients in limbo

The Guardian - UK

Medical leaders call for arbitration to resolve junior doctors’ dispute

In rare move Academy of Medical Royal Colleges urges unions and ministers to speak to third party over strikes in England

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

The Guardian - 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 Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

Evening Standard

Biggest strike day in NHS history will be ‘difficult’, chief warns

It comes as a leading emergency doctor described ‘terrible’ conditions in A&E departments in December

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