PATIENTS wait up to four days in A&E instead of the target four hours because of the NHS crisis, health chiefs warn. Top doctors are calling for “urgent action” and a Covid-style major incident…
People struggling to get GP appointments quickly are turning to hospitals for help, pushing up already record-high demand.In November, 31.1 per cent of visitors to casualty waited four or more hours to be seen – a record high.In the week before Christmas around a third of ambulances waited longer than 30 minutes to get their patient into hospital – they are all supposed to hand over within 15 minutes.
Dr Tim Cooksley, from the Society for Acute Medicine, said last night: “The current situation in urgent and emergency care is shocking. “It is in a critical state for patients and it is extremely difficult for healthcare staff who are unable to deliver the care they want to. “Political leaders across the UK need to listen, meet urgently and accept the need to declare a national NHS major incident.”
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