The Latest Breaking News from Adrian Boyle

Soldiers helped move patients into hospital

Professor Sir Stephen Powis said the public need to be 'sensible' during a 'difficult day' as more than 10,000 emergency workers from Unite, Unison and GMB unions stage walkouts over pay.

Head of Royal College of Emergency Medicine says lengthy waits forcing ambulances to be ‘wards on wheels’

’For someone who is frail, hospital is often a bad place for them,’ senior doctor says

Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said hospital are easy to get into but hard to get out of, with an average of 13,163 beds per day occupied by people ready to be discharged last month

Dr Adrian Boyle says he's "desperate" to keep his own parents out of hospital as social care problems are crippling the NHS with patients stranded on wards and more than 130,000 job vacancies

Figures show the number of patients in hospital beds in England who no longer need to be there has reached a new high.

A survey carried out by Ipsos for the PA news agency found long waiting lists and waiting times to be the main issue of concern for the public.

Health leaders urge vaccination and return to mask-wearing as hospitalisations rise by 37 per cent in a week