Commenting on a new report published by the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives into handover delays at hospital emergency departments across England, Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation said: “This report confirms the consequences of the intolerable pressure that ambulance services and other parts of the NHS are under. We are clear that […]
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Unless rapid and serious action is taken this winter the problems may become insurmountable, ambulance workers tell Secretary of State. The ambulance service faces an ‘utterly unprecedented crisis’ this winter, GMB Union paramedics have told the Government. In letters to Secretary of State, Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt MP, Chair of the Health Select Committee, the union raises ‘serious concerns regarding the untenable workplace pressures that our members are facing […]
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RCEM welcomes NHS England’s Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery 10 Point Action Plan: Commenting on the publication of the Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Recovery 10 Point Action Plan by NHS England yesterday, Dr Katherine Henderson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “We welcome this 10-point action plan published by NHS England. The […]
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A new snapshot survey by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has found that in August 2021 half of respondents stated that their Emergency Department had been forced to hold patients outside in ambulances every day, compared to just over a quarter in October 2020 and less than one-fifth in March 2020. The survey, sent […]
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