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15 Jan 20
There is no “viable replacement” for the NHS’s four-hour A&E target, a clinicians’ organisation has warned, following suggestions from the health secretary that the standard could be scrapped.
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13 Dec 19
The worst performance figures for emergency departments since records began show the new government must act quickly to protect the service as winter advances.
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10 Dec 19
Different methods of measuring hospital waiting times are hiding the scale of pressure on NHS emergency departments, according to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
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11 Oct 19
Doctors are warning the NHS is in “year-round crisis” as figures revealed the worst September on record for A&E departments.
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13 Sep 19
The proportion of patients waiting longer than four hours in A&E reached record highs in the last financial year, figures have shown.
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8 Aug 19
A&E attendances in England were at an all-time high in July with patients waiting longer than ever for elective care and treatment for cancer.
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25 Jul 19
Potentially avoidable ailments like chest infections, pressure sores and urinary tract infections accounted for 41% of hospital admissions in England in 2016-17.
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11 Jul 19
A&Es missed hitting their target of seeing 95% of patients in four hours by a record low in June, NHS England figures have shown.
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2 May 19
The NHS has “plunged deeper into crisis” after services reported the worst performance rates on record over the winter period, a trade body has found.
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24 Jan 19
Problems in A&E departments can not be solved by more re-organisation - misconceptions about emergency healthcare must be acknowledged first, says Imperial College London’s Nick Bosanquet.
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4 Dec 18
The NHS provider sector’s deficit went up 6.8% between July and September 2017 and this year, official figures have revealed.