RCEM’s winter data reveals much worse picture of A&E waits
“We are clearly in the worst state we’ve ever been in as we enter the true winter season”, says College president Dr Katherine Henderson.
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Performance on A&E target slips further
NHS hospital performance against the four-hour A&E target stood at just 74.96 percent, well under the 95 percent target, for the week ending March 11th, show the most recent data from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s Winter Flow Project.
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RCEM calls for public action on A&E crisis
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is urging patients to lobby MPs for action to address the “serious challenges” facing Emergency Departments across the UK.
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Emergency care in England “in a state of emergency”
Emergency care is now in a state of emergency as missed targets reach an all-time high, bed occupancy rates surge, and flu cases increase sharply, and health chiefs warn that patients are “dying in corridors” and the system is “on its knees”.
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NHS A&E performance target remains well under par
December has kicked off with NHS hospital performance against the four hour A&E target standing at just 82.45 percent – 12.55 percentage points lower than the 95 percent standard, reports the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).
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Grantham Hospital extends overnight closure of A&E
Grantham and District Hospital’s emergency department will shut its doors overnight for at least another three months because of staff shortages, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has announced.
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A&E departments under-resourced, MPs believe
Just 33 percent of MPs believe emergency departments have sufficient resources to keep patients safe, shows a new poll by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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Doctors warn prime minister of threat to patient care
Members of the Council of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) have written to prime minister Theresa May to voice serious concerns over capacity and resources issues hitting the NHS.
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British Red Cross describes ‘humanitarian crisis’ in the NHS
The British Red Cross is now working in 20 A&E departments in the UK amid what the charity describes as a ‘humanitarian crisis’ in the National Health Service.
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STPs ‘beset with problems’ but still ‘best hope’ for NHS
A new report by health think-tank the King’s Fund has concluded that Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) do offer “the best hope to improve health and care services” despite widespread – and largely valid – criticism of the initiative
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Health Committee calls for social care funding to help A&E
The government urgently needs to address underfunding of adult social care to alleviate growing pressures on A&E departments, or people will continue to face avoidable admission and delayed discharge from hospital, the Health Committee has concluded.
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