Senior UK health official warns of ‘unsafe and undignified’ care due to A&E delays

December set to be worst month on record for A&E waiting times as up to 500 people estimated to die each week due to delays

The deaths of an estimated 300 to 500 people each week caused by delays in emergency care is not a short-term thing", a senior UK health official has said.

Ian Higginson, a vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, warned about attempts to discredit" figures estimating that as many as 500 people are dying each week because of the delays.