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A&E seeing more people with sore throats, backache, insomnia and coughs

NHS Providers said the strain on primary care services, including GPs and dentists, means patients often resort to A&E.

The Independent UK

Nearly 400,000 people waited for ‘more than a day’ in A&E

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine says that it should be a ‘matter of national shame’

The Independent UK

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

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‘We’re cutting NHS waiting times’, claims health minister despite record lists

A minister has claimed the Government is making “good progress” on NHS waiting lists, despite a record numbers of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment in England.

Evening Standard

NHS ‘not sufficiently resilient’, says top medic as winter plans discussed

NHS England said teams across the service had been planning for a ‘busy’ winter period since the start of summer.

The Independent UK

Thousands of babies face hospitalisation with life-threatening virus this winter as government delays vaccine

Exclusive: Thousands of children’s operations will have to be cancelled as babies stricken with breathing virus fill up beds – piling further pressure on soaring waiting lists, Dr Camilla Kingdon says

The Independent UK

Crisis in A&E sees blood transfusion deaths up as waits and errors increase

One elderly man with an intestinal bleed died after treatment delays caused by a lack of available A&E beds

The Independent UK

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Top doctor warns ‘thousands’ could die in NHS winter crisis

The NHS is ‘sailing towards an iceberg’ with hundreds of excess deaths expected this winter, experts have warned

Evening Standard

Thousands of people may die due to inadequate NHS winter plans – senior doctor

Dr Adrian Boyle said the Government was ‘blithely sailing towards an iceberg’ with its plans for treating people.

The Independent UK

A chilling warning from Britain’s most senior A&E doctor: Tory winter plan could kill thousands

Exclusive: Frail elderly and mentally ill will suffer most this winter, warns Dr Adrian Boyle

The Independent UK

NHS in acute condition: the crisis facing the UK’s hospitals

Health professionals fear the country is heading for an autumn of strikes, a funding black hole and long waiting lists that will leave untreated patients in limbo

The Guardian - UK

Medical leaders call for arbitration to resolve junior doctors’ dispute

In rare move Academy of Medical Royal Colleges urges unions and ministers to speak to third party over strikes in England

The Guardian - UK

A&E staff may treat only patients who arrive by ambulance as doctors' strike bites

Expert is worried the NHS will struggle to cope during the “hangover period” from the strikes next week, and says emergency departments may treat only patients arriving by ambulance

Daily Mirror

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

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

Biggest strike day in NHS history will be ‘difficult’, chief warns

It comes as a leading emergency doctor described ‘terrible’ conditions in A&E departments in December

The Independent UK

A&Es ‘haemorrhaging’ nurses as strikes to hit services hard, health chiefs warn

Experienced A&E nurses are leaving in ‘droves’ warns Dr Adrian Boyle

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

Hundreds more people died than normal in last week of 2022 as crisis cripples NHS

Latest data shows an alarming rise in people dying in their own homes - with over 680 more people dying at private addresses than would usually be expected in England and Wales

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

Ministers could help the patients dying in NHS hospital corridors right now – they just choose not to

Be under no illusion: the hundreds of avoidable deaths in the NHS every week are the result of political decisions, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

Evening Standard

Health advice issued for children’s return to school amid high levels of covid, scarlet fever and flu

Parents are being advised to take “simple” steps to keep their children safe as they return to school with flu, coronavirus and scarlet fever circulating.

Manchester Evening News

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."

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