‘Unrelenting’ pressure forces hospital to turn away non-emergency patients from A&E
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Unrelenting’ pressure forces hospital to turn away non-emergency patients from 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 in the northeast is to turn away patients coming to its A&E department for non-urgent complaints amid what it said was “unrelenting” pressure on services. In Hull, hospital bosses said the A&E, built to handle 350 patients a day, is now seeing 400 patients, with demand on services across the East Yorkshire region continuing to rise. Doing so will help us to reduce waiting times for more seriously ill patients and ensure they receive the priority care they need in hospital, while enabling those patients with non-urgent needs to receive care more quickly from a suitably skilled health professional elsewhere.” Last month, The Independent reported the trust had just two spare beds on one day with some patients facing waits of 15 to 20 hours for a bed while in the A&E department. “As far as possible, my advice would be for patients with non-urgent needs to call 111, to see a pharmacist, or visit one of the walk-in centres in our area as their first course of action.” Patients who are unsure which is the best service for their needs can visit www.nhs.uk, call 111 who can book medical appointments if appropriate, or visit 111.nhs.uk for online advice.

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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  

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. NHS England said that over 360,000 patients attend A&E more than five times every year, …

NHS uses AI to find ‘frequent attenders’ in A&E
3 weeks, 4 days ago

NHS uses AI to find ‘frequent attenders’ in A&E

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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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 …

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 …

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 …

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  

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. Earlier this month, a message sent to Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust staff …

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 …

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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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 …

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 …

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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Some patients who call 999 to be redirected to GP or treatment centre
1 year, 10 months ago

Some patients who call 999 to be redirected to GP or treatment centre

The Independent  

NHS leaders have welcomed a plan for some patients who call 999 to be redirected to a GP or an urgent treatment centre. The focus is on ensuring patients’ needs are met in the right place – whether that’s a hospital or a community setting – and that more urgent category 2 calls, such as for a suspected stroke or …

‘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  

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. The Independent also found: An 82-year-old man with chronic kidney disease waited 56 hours on …

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, …

Witnesses share their harrowing experiences of NHS A&Es this winter
2 years ago

Witnesses share their harrowing experiences of NHS A&Es this winter

Daily Mail  

He said he can no longer face going back into a daily 'war zone' of rationing care One NHS staff member of 17 years also said he was quitting the health service Patients were also lying on the floor or propped up in chairs due to lack of beds Public said they saw 'soul destroying' scenes of nurses overwhelmed by …

Crisis in A&E departments drives 15,000 deaths
2 years ago

Crisis in A&E departments drives 15,000 deaths

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 The crisis in Britain’s A&E departments has been linked to more …

Urgent care patients facing five-hour ambulance waits in London
2 years ago

Urgent care patients facing five-hour ambulance waits in London

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 needing urgent ambulances in London faced five-hour waits this week …

Heart attack responses a ‘shambles’ as patients face eight-hour ambulance waits
2 years, 2 months ago

Heart attack responses a ‘shambles’ as patients face eight-hour ambulance waits

The Independent  

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London NHS winter crisis plan risks doubling up patients on wards
2 years, 4 months ago

London NHS winter crisis plan risks doubling up patients on wards

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 NHS trusts across London are set to start moving patients from …

12 hours on ambulance front line with ‘the one service which cannot say no’
2 years, 4 months ago

12 hours on ambulance front line with ‘the one service which cannot say no’

The Independent  

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Doctors warn hospitals ‘not coping’ as study links A&E waits to deaths
2 years, 11 months ago

Doctors warn hospitals ‘not coping’ as study links A&E waits to deaths

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. The study’s findings come as emergency care performance across England continues to deteriorate, and as …

Tenfold increase in patients waiting over eight hours to be transferred from ambulance to A&E
3 years ago

Tenfold increase in patients waiting over eight hours to be transferred from ambulance to A&E

The Telegraph  

Crisis was ‘avoidable’ Dr Ian Higginson, the Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said bed capacity in hospitals is limited due to wards being split between Covid and non-Covid patients. Separate figures released this week showed around 10,500 hospital beds are being blocked by patients every day who are fit enough to be discharged, representing around one …

One in 10 ambulance patients ‘waiting more than an hour’ for A&E handover
3 years ago

One in 10 ambulance patients ‘waiting more than an hour’ for A&E handover

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. Read our privacy policy One in 10 patients arriving by ambulance at hospitals in …

Patients waiting almost 50 hours for a bed in crowded A&E departments
3 years, 2 months ago

Patients waiting almost 50 hours for a bed in crowded A&E departments

The Independent  

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More than 200 patients crowd into A&E at London hospital
3 years, 3 months ago

More than 200 patients crowd into A&E at London hospital

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 More than 200 patients were crowded into a London hospital’s accident …

Watchdog warns ‘exceptional’ NHS pressure is affecting patient care
3 years, 5 months ago

Watchdog warns ‘exceptional’ NHS pressure is affecting patient care

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We are seeing a very high level of emergency …

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  

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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 …

Exclusive: ‘Risk-averse’ NHS 111 algorithm piling pressure on ambulances
3 years, 6 months ago

Exclusive: ‘Risk-averse’ NHS 111 algorithm piling pressure on ambulances

The Telegraph  

NHS 111 is piling the pressure on ambulances because medically untrained call handlers and "risk-averse" algorithms are sending paramedics to patients suffering with minor ailments such as period pain. Adrian Boyle, the vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the problem was largely being driven by the NHS 111 algorithm that is "too risk-averse". "What we find is …

Return to crowded A&Es and long ambulance delays will put patients at risk, warn experts
3 years, 8 months ago

Return to crowded A&Es and long ambulance delays will put patients at risk, warn experts

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. A “system failure” of the wider NHS system to support patients means more people are …

Covid patients ‘head to toe’ on trolleys in A&E spark warnings over ‘lethal’ situation
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid patients ‘head to toe’ on trolleys in A&E spark warnings over ‘lethal’ situation

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. No social distancing.” A second severe incident report for 9 November said there were 88 …

Forget a 'winter crisis' – we have a constant NHS crisis and 40 new hospitals will do little to help
4 years, 10 months ago

Forget a 'winter crisis' – we have a constant NHS crisis and 40 new hospitals will do little to help

The Independent  

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Winter vomiting bug closes 1,100 NHS beds as flu and A&E demand heap pressure on hospitals
5 years, 1 month ago

Winter vomiting bug closes 1,100 NHS beds as flu and A&E demand heap pressure on hospitals

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 Hospitals have been forced to close more than 1,000 beds after …

NHS hospital is cancelling non-urgent operations to reduce pressure on A&E
5 years, 1 month ago

NHS hospital is cancelling non-urgent operations to reduce pressure on A&E

Daily Mail  

Hospital bosses said people were turning up to A&E for trivial illnesses An NHS hospital is cancelling operations because of 'intense pressure' on its A&E department. The Northampton General Hospital said it will cancel non-urgent planned procedures because of 'intense pressure' on its A&E department Deborah Needham, deputy chief executive of the trust said: 'Unfortunately due to the pressures on …

Hospitals accused of 'gaming the system' by moving A&E patients to new day care units
5 years, 5 months ago

Hospitals accused of 'gaming the system' by moving A&E patients to new day care units

Daily Mail  

Hospitals may be trying to 'game the system' to make A&E waiting times look shorter by moving patients to different departments, an investigation has found. By moving A&E patients to new emergency day care units – which aren't included in the four-hour target – hospitals can keep them under the radar. Accident and emergency departments in England are moving their …

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