Long waits in A&E this winter

Quarterly performance figures from NHS England show that long waits in A&E departments are rising sharply. in January to March of 2012, just 15 patients waited for over 12 overs to be admitted. In January to March of 2017 this figure rose to 1,597 – an increase of 10,546%. The figures show just how bad […]

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30-year NHS bed crisis

Every day we hear more horrifying stories of people lying on trolleys in A&E for hours at a time, whilst waiting to be treated. We are told of ambulances taking forever to get to casualties and the elderly unable to be discharged from hospital because of a total breakdown in community and social care. But […]

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