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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."

Manchester Evening News

NHS pressure ‘unbearable’, medics warn Rishi Sunak as PM told to take action

Royal College of Emergency Medicine chief warns government may attempt to ‘discredit’ figures suggesting up to 500 deaths a week from delays in care

The Independent UK

Patient forced to wait 99 HOURS for a bed as NHS winter crisis tightens its grip

A patient at Great Western Hospital in Swindon was left on a trolley for over four days until a bed freed up, as a severe flu outbreak and rising Covid cases are said to be adding pressure to the NHS

Daily Mirror

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NHS under same pressure as during early stages of pandemic

But this time there is 'a worn-out workforce, even higher levels of staff shortages and vacancies'

Wales Online

NHS facing ‘equivalent levels of pressure’ as the pandemic

Exhausted and underresourced staff are experiencing a higher demand for care than ever during a severe flu season, officials said.

The Independent UK

NHS in crisis as 500 people die each week due to 'killer' to emergency care delays

Royal College of Emergency Medicine President Dr Adrian Boyle said the NHS 'cannot continue like this and 'it is unsafe and undignified' as he fired off a grim warning to Tory ministers

Daily Mirror

Delays in urgent care ‘causing hundreds of deaths’

NHS waiting times are reaching record highs as hospitals are overwhelmed with patients amid a severe flu outbreak and rising Covid cases.

The Independent UK

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Up to 500 people dying each week due to crippling NHS delays, top doctor warns

"We need to actually get a grip of this"

Manchester Evening News

'Broken' NHS forces A&E staff 'to ask sick patients to monitor their own vital signs'

A&E workers have spoken of the 'Dickensian overcrowding' faced in hospitals as ten trusts declared Critical Incidents this week where services are crippled by staff shortages

Daily Mirror

Winter set to be worst ever for A&E waits as NHS ‘pressurised like never before’

A number of NHS trusts have declared ‘critical incidents’, meaning they cannot function as usual due to extraordinary pressure.

The Independent UK

Families desperately take their loved ones to A&E in their own cars

Soldiers helped move patients into hospital

The Independent UK

Don't get 'blind drunk' at Christmas parties during ambulance strikes, NHS boss warns

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.

Daily Mirror

Drive suspected stroke victims to A&E, says top doctor, as paramedics strike

Ambulance workers striking for 12 hours on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak handed 48-hour ultimatum to stop more nurses strikes in January

Thousands of nurses battling for a pay rise will walk out again in 2023 if the Government does not offer them a fresh deal in the next two days, after Health Secretary says demands are 'unaffordable'

Daily Mirror

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The Guardian - UK

Guardian’s ‘33 hours’ shows reality of NHS on edge of collapse, say doctors

‘Devastating’ report exposing pressures in health service should be wake-up call to ministers, say senior medics

The Independent UK

NHS 111 crisis adds pressure to health system as Strep A calls spike

Exclusive: Holly Ramsey from Kent waited 12 hours for a NHS 111 call back for her children with Scarlet Fever symptoms

The Guardian - UK

Emergency care issues in England contributed to 200 deaths last week, says medical chief

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

The Independent UK

Top doctor ‘desperate’ to keep parents out of ‘lobster trap’ hospitals

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

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Wales Online

Top doctor doctor 'desperate' to keep parents out of 'lobster trap' hospitals

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

Daily Mirror

Hospitals now 'often bad places' that 'harm' vulnerable patients, warns top A&E doctor

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

The Independent UK

Senior emergency medicine doctor ‘desperate’ to keep parents out of hospital

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

The Independent UK

Public concern rising over NHS bed shortages, waiting times and poor care

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.

The Guardian - UK

Latest Covid surge a ‘heavy straw on camel’s back’ for every hospital in UK

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

The Guardian - UK

‘A horrible winter lies ahead’: next PM will inherit an NHS on its knees

Experts say Tory leadership rivals appear not to have grasped the scale of the crisis facing the service

The Guardian - UK

Loss of 25,000 NHS beds caused ‘serious patient safety crisis’, finds report

Ten-year decline has caused sharp rise in waiting times for A&E, ambulances and surgery

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