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
A ‘fit and healthy’ university student and model died after attending A&E with what he thought was a worsening sinus infection. Harvey Edwards, aged 19, went to hospital on June 6 and it’s understood he had been taking medication for a sinus
A bullet-riddled car was pictured outside a hospital in the West Midlands last night after a man self-presented with gun-shot wounds. It followed what police called a “targeted attack” on a residential road around a mile away, Birmingham Live reports. The shooting
It is feared that the four-day NHS junior doctors strike could lead to partial closures of under-staffed A&E departments. The walkout this week has seen British Medical Association members take action over wages, with the union insisting on a 35% ‘pay restoration’.
Croydon’s largest A&E department is currently shut after a fire this afternoon. Croydon University Hospital confirmed on Twitter that the blaze had broken out in the A&E building on the afternoon of March 5. Nobody had been injured in the fire, and
A patient shared his harrowing 11-hour wait in A&E at his local London hospital on TikTok, sparking a debate on the social media platform about the state of the NHS. Jon Blower, who works as a DJ, urged people in an emergency
Delays in A&E caused 23,000 excess deaths in England last year, according to shocking estimates. NHS data show more than 1.6 million patients waited for more than 12 hours in an emergency department from their time of arrival in 2022. Research suggests
The number soared to 347,707 out of little over 5.9million last year, equalling almost 1,000 per day. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine recently warned up to 500 people a week are dying as a result of ambulance and treatment delays. Liberal
A man has died at a hospital in London after waiting 12 hours to see a doctor at the A&E department. The 80-year-old arrived with a suspected blood clot before being taken for resuscitation when his condition worsened and he died of
Former health secretary Sajid Javid has been criticised after saying patients should be charged for GP appointments and A&E visits. Writing in the Times he said the present NHS model was “unsustainable”. He has said this “contributory principle” should form part of