EXPLAINED: 2 - The Real Truth

Delays in urgent care ‘causing hundreds of deaths’

NHS waiting times are reaching record highs as hospitals are overwhelmed with patients amid a severe flu outbreak and rising Covid cases.

The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023

'500 people dying every week' due to delays in NHS emergency care

President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine says a bad flu season is compounding systemic problems

Wales Online · Jan 1, 2023

'Broken' NHS forces A&E staff 'to ask sick patients to monitor their own vital signs'

A&E workers have spoken of the 'Dickensian overcrowding' faced in hospitals as ten trusts declared Critical Incidents this week where services are crippled by staff shortages

Daily Mirror · Dec 31, 2022

Investigation launched at Glasgow hospital after two patients die in A&E waiting room

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned that long waits for treatment have contributed to hundreds of avoidable deaths.

Daily Record · Oct 3, 2022

NHS forced to publish hidden trolley wait data by UK regulator

Exclusive: NHS publishes data showing almost 1 million 12-hour trolley waits in 2021-22

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022

Revealed: ‘Apocalyptic’ A&E waits that could be driving 1,000 patient deaths a month

Exclusive: The ‘hidden’ monthly trolley waits are not published in national data

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

NHS has ‘broken’ its promise to the public over the ambulance service

‘At the moment we really are struggling to make any kind of progress in patient safety,’ says president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2022

Hundreds of children in mental health crisis facing ‘unacceptable’ A&E waits every week

Exclusive: Trust chief executive warns a woman with learning disabilities waited 300 hours in A&E

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

'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 · Jun 14, 2022

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

Wales Online · Jun 14, 2022