Terminally ill woman ‘forced to sleep on floor’ while waiting in A&E
The Mirror reports that a terminally ill woman was forced to sleep on the floor while waiting in A&E. Madeleine … Read more
Emergency Care
Crisis in A&E shown in Dispatches programme surprises no one who works in A&E
The recently aired Channel 4 Dispatches programme, Undercover A&E: NHS in crisis has received widespread coverage due to its exposure of the … Read more
Labour plans for GP shakeup must avoid mistakes of the past
Proposals put forward by the Labour Party to develop a national network of ‘neighbourhood health centers’- should they win the … Read more
A&E situation worsens as hospital beds fill up
The Urgent and Emergency Care Situation Reports (Sitreps) published by NHS England show that for the week 12-18 February the average daily acute … Read more
CQC – State of Care Report 2022/23
The Care Quality Commission has published its annual State of Care report for 2022/23. The report is an assessment of … Read more
Third of life-or-death 999 ambulance calls in England not attended by paramedic
Figures obtained by the Guardian show that one in three life-or-death 999 ambulance calls in some parts of England are … Read more
Emergency Care Summit – the Lowdown reports
Just over ten years after the Francis Report revealed the full extent of the appalling systems failure that had taken … Read more
A&E delays linked to tens of thousands of patient deaths
Royal College of Emergency Medicine has analysed and report that A&E delays may have led to more than 20,000 patient … Read more
Senior UK health official warns of ‘unsafe and undignified’ care due to A&E delays
Ian Higginson, a vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, has warned about attempts to “discredit” figures estimating that … Read more
Grim facts behind A&E delays
Emergency medicine consultants are again warning that NHS England’s latest A&E performance figures mean “we are seeing the sharp demise … Read more