Hospital declares ‘black alert’ as hundreds flood A&E
3 years, 6 months ago

Hospital declares ‘black alert’ as hundreds flood A&E

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 hospital has issued a ‘black alert’ as hundreds of patients flooded its A&E department – days after doctors across the NHS warned of pressure from record admissions. The hospital’s acute medical unit was also said to be full on Tuesday morning, with 12 patients in the emergency department awaiting placement and only two beds available within the “medical bed base”. It comes after The Independent revealed that hospital emergency departments across the UK have been experiencing record numbers of patients, raising fears lives could be lost. On Tuesday, the North Middlesex Hospital in north London declared an internal incident after 700 patients attended its A&E department – the highest level since January 2020, when 684 were recorded in a single day.

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‘Unrelenting’ pressure forces hospital to turn away non-emergency patients from A&E
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Ministers warned NHS is as stretched now as at the height of pandemic
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‘There is no question patients are coming to harm’: Ambulance trusts on ‘black alert’ as 999 demand soars
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Patient safety at risk as NHS struggles to cope with summer crisis, warn healthcare bosses
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Another NHS Trust issues black alert
3 years, 6 months ago

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‘A sustained threat to patient safety’: Hospitals across the country swamped by record numbers in A&E
3 years, 6 months ago

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‘Major incident’ declared in Essex amid pressure on hospitals
4 years ago

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London hospital declares major incident over oxygen supply fears
4 years ago

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NHS told to prepare for use of Nightingale hospitals in coming weeks
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'Perfect storm': NHS facing imminent staffing crisis, study warns
4 years, 2 months ago

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Man threatened to bomb Birmingham hospital and said he 'hoped all the staff die of coronavirus'
4 years, 6 months ago

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