Article 6NNKG NHS in summer crisis of emergency care waits, doctors say

NHS in summer crisis of emergency care waits, doctors say

by
Andrew Gregory Health editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6NNKG)

Royal College of Emergency Medicine raises alarm over entirely preventable' deaths, as elderly people bear brunt

The NHS is engulfed in a summer crisis, senior doctors have said, amid severe ambulance delays, corridors crowded with trolleys and patients facing 25-hour waits in A&E units.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) sounded the alarm over the national scandal" of long waits for emergency care that it said were leading to entirely preventable" deaths at a time of the year when there should be some respite from the traditional pressure experienced over winter.

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