The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has questioned why there is not ‘howls of outrage’ about deaths linked to long waits.

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GPs are being asked to cover striking ambulance workers under emergency plans designed to keep the NHS running. Officials are desperately scrambling to find ways to keep the already struggling 999 ...

'You wouldn't treat a dog this way,' a frontline nurse said of a spike in inappropriate care for patients PATIENTS are being “treated in cupboards and car parks” and “dying in hospital corridors”, ...

NHS 111 might be exacerbating the dire emergency care situation, paramedics and patients have warned. Brits have been urged to use the free service this winter in an effort to alleviate the extreme ...

The NHS has issued guidance for accessing emergency dental treatment during Christmas and New Year when regular services are ...

Most (79%) of NHS trusts in England are treating patients in corridors or makeshift areas in emergency departments including ...

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EMERGENCY cash for the troubled NHS has been diverted away from the region to areas mainly in the South, a new analysis shows. Health chiefs in the North-East and North Yorkshire have been handed tiny ...

The shortage of NHS staff in England has started worsening again, official figures show. One in 11 posts is vacant with the situation particularly bad among the nursing workforce. Experts described ...

Unscheduled care services - such as accident and emergency units - are deteriorating across Wales, according to the auditor general. A report blames confusion over when people should go to A&E, staff ...

Unscheduled care services - such as accident and emergency units - are deteriorating across Wales, according to the auditor general. A report blames confusion over when people should go to A&E, staff ...