UP TO 500 people could be dying every week due to NHS delays caused by the winter flu crisis, a top doctor has warned. More than a dozen ambulance services and NHS Trusts have triggered critical in…
NHS figures show in total nearly 38,000 patients waited more than 12 hours in A&E in November for a decision to be made on which hospital department they should be sent — up a shocking 355 per cent since the same time last year.
Data published on Friday showed each day there were 3,746 patients in hospital with flu, including 267 in intensive care. A month the total was 520.“We need to increase our capacity within our hospitals, we need to make sure that there are alternative ways so that people aren’t all just funnelled into the ambulance service and emergency department.
“We cannot continue like this — it is unsafe and it is undignified.” Saffron Cordery, interim chief executive of NHS Providers, said the pressure was equivalent to the early stages ofKeith Royles lay on his patio in the rain for seven hours after breaking his hip while cutting his lawnShe said: “We’ve still got that coming through the door but then we’ve also got the legacy of Covid — a worn-out workforce. We’ve got even higher levels of vacancies, up to 133,000 across the NHS now.
on January 18 and 19, with ambulance workers walking out on January 11 and 23 in a row over pay and conditions.
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