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NHS chief warns of ‘abhorrent’ domestic abuse faced by staff as she backs Brick by Brick campaign

Exclusive: Amanda Pritchard speaks out against domestic abuse suffered by NHS staff as she backs The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024

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 · Jun 20, 2024

Tenfold rise in A&E patients waiting more than 24 hours for a bed

Figures show more than 150,000 patients waited more than 24 hours in A&E for a bed last year, most of them elderly or frail

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2024

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 · Sep 24, 2023

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) · Jul 30, 2023

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 · Feb 28, 2023

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 · Feb 28, 2023

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 · Feb 28, 2023

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 · Feb 28, 2023

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 · Jan 31, 2023