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Slow 999 response times forcing many more people to find own way to A&E

Figures for England obtained by Lib Dems show that 500,000 people in ‘very urgent’ need travelled to hospital without ambulance in 2023

Published: 30 Apr 2024

Third of life-or-death 999 ambulance calls in England not attended by paramedic

Exclusive: Concerns over patient safety after NHS figures show less-qualified staff attending urgent calls

Published: 23 Sep 2023

UWE Bristol rugby player waited five hours for ambulance, inquest hears

Maddy Lawrence, 20, was injured in match and died in hospital 16 days later after picking up an infection

Published: 29 Aug 2023

NHS England should scrap many of its national targets, review says

Government-commissioned study by Patricia Hewitt also calls for a shift in focus towards preventing ill health

Published: 3 Apr 2023

Emergency care issues in England contributed to 200 deaths last week, says medical chief

Head of Royal College of Emergency Medicine says lengthy waits forcing ambulances to be ‘wards on wheels’

Published: 4:36 AM
Ambulance waiting times in England three times longer in some rural areas

Disparity between rural and urban areas uncovered by Lib Dem FoI requests to 10 ambulance trusts

Published: 3:54 AM

Ambulance staff could coordinate strikes with other NHS workers

Tens of thousands of workers in England to take industrial action in run-up to Christmas in row over pay

Published: 30 Nov 2022

Thousands at risk as A&E queues stop NHS paramedics attending 999 calls

Paramedics in England missing 117,000 urgent calls each month, as CQC warns of ‘worrying new status quo’

Published: 21 Oct 2022

UK in crisis
‘A horrible winter lies ahead’: next PM will inherit an NHS on its knees

Experts say Tory leadership rivals appear not to have grasped the scale of the crisis facing the service

Published: 29 Aug 2022

A moment that changed me
A moment that changed me: I found my mum unconscious on the bathroom floor

At 19, looking forward to one last summer as a spoiled teenager, I had to cope with my first real trauma – and suddenly take care of my siblings

Published: 13 Jul 2022

Paramedics are ‘leaving in droves’ as ambulance callouts almost double

Frontline NHS workers are under pressure as the number of emergency calls in England rises 10 times faster than the number of staff

Published: 12 Jun 2022

Number of people in England on NHS waiting list hits record high

NHS England says 6.1 million people were waiting for hospital treatment at end of December 2021

Published: 10 Feb 2022

A&E overcrowding in UK ‘killing thousands a year’, say doctors

At least 6,097 deaths occurred across four home nations in 2020-21 after overcrowding hampered treatment

Published: 18 Nov 2021

Five charts that show how the NHS is under acute pressure

With rising Covid infections and a big backlog of patients, many in the NHS want action to prevent a winter crisis

Published: 22 Oct 2021

Family seek ‘guardian angel’ who saved father from stroke in London

Passerby who recognised signs of stroke thought to be a blond-haired health worker from Oceania

Published: 19 Jun 2021

Coronavirus: patients needing A&E in England urged to book through NHS 111

Hope is to reduce strain on A&E amid winter pressures, including from Covid-19 and flu

Published: 17 Sep 2020

Somerset hospital closed to new patients to halt spread of coronavirus

Weston general hospital also shuts A&E department after ‘spike’ in infections

Published: 25 May 2020
Coronavirus measures 'could leave 8m waiting for NHS hospital care'

Number of people waiting in England could double within a few months, says health expert

Published: 14 May 2020

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