A “number of patients” are being treated in hospital following an incident at a Stoke fitness centre. The patients are believed to have used M Club Festival Park before paramedics were called to three different addreses in Hanley, Northwood and Leek. A
A fugitive accused of knifing a mum to death in the street was arrested at gunpoint after trying to get A&E treatment for tetanus, claims a source. Habibur Masum, 25, was hunted by police after 27-year-old mum Kulsuma Akter was stabbed to death
New figures show more than 150,000 patients waited more than 24 hours in A&E departments before getting a hospital bed last year. It is a tenfold increase on 2019. According to The Times, elderly and frail patients made up the majority of
An elderly man was rushed to hospital after being bitten by a rat he found lurking in his toilet bowl. The unnamed 76-year-old man, from Montreal, Canada, had two of his fingers bitten by the rodent as he attempted to fish it
More than half a million patients were forced to wait more than 24 hours in accident and emergency departments before either being admitted to hospital or discharged last year, according to a shocking new report. Further research also reveals that many lives
The number of people who waited more than 12 hours in A&E departments in England has reached record levels as experts warn the long waits are contributing to rising numbers of extra deaths. New NHS figures show that 12 hour waits from
A mother-of-two died after collapsing in the middle of a crowded A&E department. The 39-year-old suffered a fatal haemorrhage. She had been waiting for at least seven hours at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. Staff of the A&E department said they were
I’ll admit it: people who treat dogs like babies was one of my pet peeves. As a mum of two I could never quite grasp that a pet – as gorgeous as they are – could be spoken about as if they
One ambulance was forced to wait an astonishing 28 hours outside a hospital in Wales today. The crisis, which struck “multiple sites” across Wales, prompted an “extraordinary incident” to be declared on Sunday. Queues to get patients into hospitals were particularly long
A 97-year-old RAF veteran faced 10 hours in the back of an ambulance before spending two days in an A&E corridor, a coroner’s report has revealed. Philip Hawkins, from Ryhl, died at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Wales on March 23, 2023, after