Patients face 15-hour wait in hospital A&E as summer crisis grips NHS
3 years, 5 months ago

Patients face 15-hour wait in hospital A&E as summer crisis grips NHS

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Patients are facing 15-hour waits to be seen in one accident and emergency departs as hospitals across the country see record levels of patients. At Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital one member of staff told The Independent the department was “extremely busy, every day” adding: “We are all exhausted and it’s happening everywhere.” A spokesperson for University Hospitals Plymouth Trust said the hospital had seen a record level of attendances between 1 June and 6 July, with a total of 10,976 patients. “Patient safety remains our main focus and we would like to thank the staff for their tireless efforts in responding to the ongoing pressures and their commitment to working for our patients to provide the best possible care.” The trust has a live web page for recording waits in A&E which on Thursday afternoon showed the longest wait was 200 minutes. While hospital admissions with Covid are lower than in previous waves of the virus, only a small increase is enough to mean operations may be cancelled or patients face long waits to be seen.

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Starmer doesn’t understand the NHS crisis – A&E departments like mine are already broken
9 hours, 56 minutes ago

Starmer doesn’t understand the NHS crisis – A&E departments like mine are already broken

The Independent  

Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled new plans to reduce NHS waiting times from 18 months to 18 weeks over the next five years, thanks to a new partnership with the private healthcare sector. If the government is to pull funding from key areas such as emergency medicine, mental health and community healthcare to fund a political target of 92 per …

Starmer vows millions of new NHS appointments to end 18-month waits for treatment
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23 hours, 10 minutes ago

Starmer vows millions of new NHS appointments to end 18-month waits for treatment

The Independent  

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GPs to refer patients for hospital tests avoiding consultants in shake-up aimed at cutting NHS waiting lists
2 days, 20 hours ago

GPs to refer patients for hospital tests avoiding consultants in shake-up aimed at cutting NHS waiting lists

The Independent  

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A&E departments ‘absolutely full to bursting’ as flu surge worsens already dire situation, top medic warns
1 week, 5 days ago

A&E departments ‘absolutely full to bursting’ as flu surge worsens already dire situation, top medic warns

The Independent  

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Top A&E doctors criticise ‘nonsensical’ new NHS guidance
3 weeks ago

Top A&E doctors criticise ‘nonsensical’ new NHS guidance

The Independent  

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AI to be used to stop wasteful A&E visits as NHS faces busiest winter
3 weeks, 4 days ago

AI to be used to stop wasteful A&E visits as NHS faces busiest winter

The Independent  

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NHS ordered to focus on patient safety as hospitals deal with record demand
4 weeks ago

NHS ordered to focus on patient safety as hospitals deal with record demand

The Independent  

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Heart attack patients told to take themselves to hospitals amid severe pressures
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Heart attack patients told to take themselves to hospitals amid severe pressures

The Independent  

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Top doctor warns deaths will rise this winter after A&E target left off Labour milestones
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Top doctor warns deaths will rise this winter after A&E target left off Labour milestones

The Independent  

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Starmer doesn’t understand the NHS crisis – A&E departments like mine are already broken
1 month ago

Starmer doesn’t understand the NHS crisis – A&E departments like mine are already broken

The Independent  

Earlier this week, I read the claims made by NHS leadership that operation targets will turn A&E departments into war zones. If the government is to pull funding from key areas such as emergency medicine, mental health and community healthcare to fund a political target of 92 per cent of routine operations and appointments within 18 weeks, they have misunderstood …

More than third of ambulance patients wait at least 30 minutes for A&E handover
1 month ago

More than third of ambulance patients wait at least 30 minutes for A&E handover

The Independent  

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Hospitals issue warning about key NHS waiting list target as winter crisis looms
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hospitals issue warning about key NHS waiting list target as winter crisis looms

The Independent  

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Ambulance crews are being ordered to dump severely ill patients in hospital corridors if there are no emergency doctors around
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ambulance crews are being ordered to dump severely ill patients in hospital corridors if there are no emergency doctors around

Daily Mail  

Ambulance staff have been instructed to leave severely ill patients in hospital corridors if they're forced to wait longer than 45 minutes to hand over to emergency medicals teams. Ambulance staff have been told to leave patients in hospital corridors if they wait longer than 45 minutes London ambulances began testing a policy which saw ambulance crews not wait for …

NHS is entering winter ‘in bad shape’ as new figures show rising waits
2 months, 3 weeks ago

NHS is entering winter ‘in bad shape’ as new figures show rising waits

The Independent  

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Revealed: The hospitals where patients wait more that FOUR hours at A&E...check the delays in your area
3 months, 1 week ago

Revealed: The hospitals where patients wait more that FOUR hours at A&E...check the delays in your area

Daily Mail  

A staggering 440,000 patients in England were forced to wait over 12 hours in A&E last year, official figures show. Under health service guidelines, 76 per cent of casualty patients should be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours of being seen. Under health service guidelines, 76 per cent of casualty patients should be admitted, transferred or discharged within four …

Top A&E doctor accuses NHS leaders of normalising treatment in corridors
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Top A&E doctor accuses NHS leaders of normalising treatment in corridors

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, has warned NHS guidance …

Undercover A&E footage shows a patient having to urinate in a corridor and others lying in agony for hours
6 months, 1 week ago

Undercover A&E footage shows a patient having to urinate in a corridor and others lying in agony for hours

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A patient in a West Midlands A&E was forced to urinate …

Moment undercover reporter breaks down in tears inside A&E unit in the grips of NHS care crisis - as footage shows elderly patient forced to urinate in the corridor
6 months, 1 week ago

Moment undercover reporter breaks down in tears inside A&E unit in the grips of NHS care crisis - as footage shows elderly patient forced to urinate in the corridor

Daily Mail  

Emotional footage shows the moment an undercover reporter broke down in tears inside an A&E unit after an elderly man was forced to urinate in a bottle in a corridor in full view of staff and other patients. The distressed elderly patient calls out for someone to help him as he fears he has been 'forgotten' in the corridor Undercover …

Undercover footage shows ‘suffering indignity’ faced by patients in emergency care in England
6 months, 1 week ago

Undercover footage shows ‘suffering indignity’ faced by patients in emergency care in England

The Independent  

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Nearly 19,000 NHS patients waiting for more than three days in A&E
6 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 19,000 NHS patients waiting for more than three days in A&E

The Telegraph  

Both Labour and the Conservatives have pledged to meet NHS targets in their manifestos. Commenting on the new figures, which were obtained as part of an investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches programme which airs on Monday, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “Spending days in an emergency department is … worse than spending days …

Opinion: Wait times go down. Patient satisfaction goes up. What’s the matter with letting apps and AI run the ER?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Wait times go down. Patient satisfaction goes up. What’s the matter with letting apps and AI run the ER?

LA Times  

My resident describes our next emergency room patient — a 32-year-old female with severe, crampy mid-abdominal pain, vomiting and occasional loose stools. This is the time-honored approach to an undifferentiated patient complaint: Generate a list of possible diagnoses, decide which represent a “reasonable” concern and use the results from further testing to conclude what’s going on. Go to an emergency …

NHS waiting list falls again – but only after thousands excluded from data
8 months, 3 weeks ago

NHS waiting list falls again – but only after thousands excluded from data

The Telegraph  

The NHS also missed reduced A&E targets despite a £50 million incentive package. Hospitals were told in January they could receive bonuses worth £2 million if, by March, they saw 76 per cent of patients at emergency departments within four hours. There were also similar cash rewards, worth £2 million, on offer for those making the biggest improvements in a …

Long A&E waiting times ‘needlessly killing 250 people a week’
9 months ago

Long A&E waiting times ‘needlessly killing 250 people a week’

The Independent  

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NHS waiting lists fall amid junior doctors’ strikes but patients facing longest wait climbs
9 months, 3 weeks ago

NHS waiting lists fall amid junior doctors’ strikes but patients facing longest wait climbs

The Independent  

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England's A&E disaster: Dire 12-hour waits 'mean thousands avoid seeking care' - as shock data reveals country's casualty wards are the quietest in the UK, despite having the worst queues
10 months, 1 week ago

England's A&E disaster: Dire 12-hour waits 'mean thousands avoid seeking care' - as shock data reveals country's casualty wards are the quietest in the UK, despite having the worst queues

Daily Mail  

The 'dire' state of A&Es was today exposed in fascinating detail with data showing England fares the worst in the UK. More than 40 per cent of patients attending casualty in England wait at least four hours to be seen — the equivalent of around 900,000 every month. Dennis Reed, of Silver Voices, which campaigns for elderly Brits, told MailOnline: …

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

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

The Independent  

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NHS failing to tackle ‘shameful’ gaps in care which leave poor waiting longer, research shows
1 year, 1 month ago

NHS failing to tackle ‘shameful’ gaps in care which leave poor waiting longer, research shows

The Independent  

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NHS patients waiting longer than nine months to be offered chance to switch hospital
1 year, 2 months ago

NHS patients waiting longer than nine months to be offered chance to switch hospital

The Telegraph  

Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of NHS England, said: “This new step to offer NHS patients who have been waiting the longest the opportunity to consider travelling for treatment is just another example of how we are introducing new approaches to reduce how long patients wait, while improving the choice and control they have over their own care. “So, whether …

A&E visits hit record high, NHS figures show
1 year, 3 months ago

A&E visits hit record high, NHS figures show

The Telegraph  

Accident and Emergency visits have hit a record high after rising almost a fifth in a decade, official figures show. With general practice and primary care also facing huge demand, we know that patients may turn towards urgent and emergency care should they struggle to get a GP appointment at a time suitable to them.” Providing a ‘safety net’ He …

Ambulances stuck in hospital queues ‘lost’ almost two million hours last year
1 year, 3 months ago

Ambulances stuck in hospital queues ‘lost’ almost two million hours last year

The Independent  

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Paying hospitals to clear A&E queues risks patient safety, says medical chief
1 year, 5 months ago

Paying hospitals to clear A&E queues risks patient safety, says medical chief

The Telegraph  

The NHS winter plan to pay hospitals to clear A&E queues risks patient safety, one of the country’s top medics has warned. Cash incentives will be offered to hospitals that overachieve on A&E waiting-time targets, which Dr Boyle warned would encourage hospitals to “game” the system and prioritise treating the least serious patients first. ‘Distasteful’ Criticising the new reward scheme …

Reasons for delays in discharging hundreds of hospital patients in the UK revealed
1 year, 5 months ago

Reasons for delays in discharging hundreds of hospital patients in the UK revealed

The Independent  

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Cancer patients face worsening treatment delays due to lack of staff, finds report
1 year, 6 months ago

Cancer patients face worsening treatment delays due to lack of staff, finds report

The Independent  

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Some patients forced to wait more than two days for ambulances, new data shows
1 year, 8 months ago

Some patients forced to wait more than two days for ambulances, new data shows

The Independent  

Patients have been left waiting more than two days for an ambulance in England, a new analysis suggests. The data also showed that the longest waits for an ambulance following category 2 calls in the West Midlands and Yorkshire meant patients were left waiting over 21 hours. “Trust leaders are working extremely hard to recover urgent and emergency care services …

10% of A&E patients waiting more than 12 hours, NHS data shows
1 year, 8 months ago

10% of A&E patients waiting more than 12 hours, NHS data shows

The Independent  

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One in 10 NHS patients facing A&E waits of over 12 hours
1 year, 8 months ago

One in 10 NHS patients facing A&E waits of over 12 hours

The Telegraph  

One in 10 patients is facing “dangerous” waits of more than 12 hours in accident and emergency departments, according to new data revealing the true state of the NHS. In February, before junior doctors went on strike, 126,000 patients waited more than 12 hours from their arrival at A&E – 10.6 per cent of all casualty patients. Health officials said …

Over 175,000 appointments cancelled in junior doctors’ strikes
1 year, 9 months ago

Over 175,000 appointments cancelled in junior doctors’ strikes

The Telegraph  

This week’s junior doctors’ strikes resulted in more than 175,000 operations and appointments being scrapped – more than the winter of walkouts by other NHS workers, official figures have revealed. The data show the devastating impact of industrial action, which saw junior doctors withdraw from A&E and critical care departments in hospitals across England, as well as planned care. Health …

The NHS emergency care crisis: ‘Left for 16 hours in A&E’
1 year, 10 months ago

The NHS emergency care crisis: ‘Left for 16 hours in A&E’

The Independent  

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Ambulance handover delays outside England’s hospitals lower than last winter
1 year, 11 months ago

Ambulance handover delays outside England’s hospitals lower than last winter

The Independent  

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NHS told to come clean about A&E waiting times
1 year, 11 months ago

NHS told to come clean about A&E waiting times

The Telegraph  

The NHS will be forced to come clean about the true extent of A&E waits as part of plans to “fix” the NHS crisis. NHS England has been ordered to publish full data, showing exactly how many people are enduring 12-hour waits in A&E. But the statistics only measure the point after a decision is taken to admit patients, with …

Revealed: Ambulance delays cause ‘severe harm’ to record 6,000 patients a month
1 year, 11 months ago

Revealed: Ambulance delays cause ‘severe harm’ to record 6,000 patients a month

The Independent  

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'No beds…not enough doctors': What's happening at UK hospitals?
1 year, 11 months ago

'No beds…not enough doctors': What's happening at UK hospitals?

Hindustan Times  

Five-year-old Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died from pneumonia after being sent home, despite a doctor describing his tonsillitis as the worst he had ever seen. "We go to work every day as nurses, and we do our best, and our best isn't enough right now, and that's because our workload keeps increasing and our resources aren't matching that," Orla Dooley, an …

‘Mayhem’ in A&E: The horrifying reality of Britain’s emergency care crisis
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Mayhem’ in A&E: The horrifying reality of Britain’s emergency care crisis

The Independent  

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Ambulance performance worst on record with some people waiting hours
1 year, 11 months ago

Ambulance performance worst on record with some people waiting hours

The Independent  

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New NHS record as more than 54,000 patients wait 12 hours to get into A&E
1 year, 11 months ago

New NHS record as more than 54,000 patients wait 12 hours to get into A&E

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The NHS England figures show the average response time in December for ambulances dealing …

Revealed: Record 50,000 patients a week face 12-hour A&E waits
1 year, 11 months ago

Revealed: Record 50,000 patients a week face 12-hour A&E waits

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Leaked NHS data shows that last month as many as one in eight patients faced …

England's NHS works to move low-risk patients out of hospitals amid difficult winter
1 year, 11 months ago

England's NHS works to move low-risk patients out of hospitals amid difficult winter

ABC  

England's National Health Service aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care homes and other settings in the next few weeks in an effort to free up desperately needed beds. Key points: The NHS will spend up to $350m so patients with low medical needs can be looked after outside hospitals It also employed the practice during the pandemic …

A&E departments in ‘complete crisis’ as delays kill up to 500 people a week, top expert warns
1 year, 11 months ago

A&E departments in ‘complete crisis’ as delays kill up to 500 people a week, top expert warns

The Independent  

Current pressure on the NHS is “unbearable and unsustainable”, with the crisis likley to continue until Easter, leading medics have said, amid warnings that delays in emergency care could be causing the deaths of up to 500 people each week. He added: “It is disingenuous for the prime minister to talk about ‘backing the NHS’ in his new year message, …

We have not lived in fear of needing medical assistance – until now
2 years ago

We have not lived in fear of needing medical assistance – until now

The Independent  

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Up to 500 people dying each week from emergency care delays, doctor says
2 years ago

Up to 500 people dying each week from emergency care delays, doctor says

The Telegraph  

Dr Boyle told Times Radio: “If you look at the graphs they all are going the wrong way, and I think there needs to be a real reset. “We need to increase our capacity within our hospitals, we need to make sure that there are alternative ways so that people aren’t all just funnelled into the ambulance service and emergency …

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