Leading A&E medics sound alarm over NHS winter pressures Experts also warned the NHS is at the point ‘where we can’t tell where one crisis ends and the next begins’. Evening Standard · Oct 19
The NHS is not ready for winter, top A&E doctors warn: ‘We can’t tell where one crisis ends and the next begins’ Medics warn hospitals face a ‘horrific’ situation as the NHS battles a year-round crisis in emergency care pressures The Independent UK · Oct 19
Top doctor warns government ‘neglecting’ old people as figures suggest thousands of A&E patients died waiting for bed Almost 17,000 patients are likely to have died needlessly in A&E last year, analysis warns The Independent UK · May 14, 2025
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 · Apr 1, 2024
More than half of ambulance workers have seen patient die because of delay GMB union calls findings based on views of more than 1,200 NHS ambulance workers in England and Wales ‘utterly terrifying’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 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
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
Experienced nurses leaving NHS in 'droves' as staff 'run ragged', health leader warns The President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Dr Adrian Boyle told MPs he is worried 'burn out will lead to burn away' with existing health service staff overwhelmed Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2023
350,000 patients in England waited over 12 hours to go from A&E to NHS bed last year Lib Dem analysis shows total was at record high in 2022, and compares with 1,306 people in 2015 The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2023
Crisis in A&E medicine cannot be blamed on pandemic, warns senior medic Royal College of Emergency Medicine president Adrian Boyle was among health leaders who attended the Prime Minister’s winter crisis talks. The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2023
Rishi Sunak admits 'unacceptable delays' but refuses to say NHS is in crisis - everything he said about healthcare Rishi Sunak has also refused to say whether he uses private healthcare Manchester Evening News · Jan 8, 2023
Forty people dying every week in Scots A&E crisis as politicians demand action Medics, unions and opposition politicians have called it a “catastrophe” and demanded Health Secretary Humza Yousaf takes action immediately. Daily Record · Jan 8, 2023
NHS in crisis: The Brits who have died while waiting hours for ambulances Paul Westerman, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, became one of the latest people to die in the UK following long waits for ambulances Daily Mirror · Jan 7, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023 Health Secretary blames flu, Covid and Strep A fears for NHS pressures Steve Barclay’s comments come as senior doctors say the NHS is on a knife edge.
The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023 Fury as Rishi Sunak claims NHS ‘has funding it needs’ to tackle crisis PM accused of insult to ‘all those suffering in hospital corridors or in the back of ambulances’
Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2023 There is now only one logical solution to stop our NHS perma-crisis Like a grotesque mirror image of Advent, the NHS “winter crisis” has become an annual fixture — a painful reminder of the limitations of the health service, a litany of awful anecdotes and a ritual political controversy.
Wales Online · Jan 3, 2023 NHS facing 'intolerable' pressure as Government urged to act over emergency care The British Medical Association said that the Government’s 'political choices' were leading to patients 'dying unnecessarily'
The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023 Government urged to act amid warnings of ‘intolerable’ NHS pressures Top medics described the current situation as ‘unbearable’ and ‘intolerable’, as the Prime Minister faced calls to address the crisis.
The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2023 NHS pressure ‘intolerable and unsustainable’, warn medics The Royal College of Emergency Medicine claimed that somewhere between 300 and 500 people are dying each week due to delays.
The National (Scotland) · Jan 2, 2023 UK deaths due to emergency care delays 'not a short-term thing' AN estimated 500 people are dying each week because of delays in emergency care and it's “not a short-term thing”, a senior health official…
Manchester Evening News · Jan 2, 2023 Politicians and experts react to claim up to 500 people could die each week due to crippling NHS delays "All this is at a level that most of us who’ve worked in emergency medicine have never seen before. It’s dreadful."
Wales Online · Jan 2, 2023 Medics aren't making up 500 extra deaths a week claim, insists health leader Ian Higginson said the Royal College of Emergency Medicine figures were more than a 'guesstimate'
The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2023 Deaths caused by emergency care delays ‘not a short-term thing’ Ian Higginson, vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the current problems are not down to Covid or flu.
Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2023 Some A&Es in ‘complete state of crisis’ amid pressure on NHS, medics warn Health chiefs warn situation ‘intolerable and unsustainable’ with strain greater than at the peak of the Covid pandemic