Wednesday, 10 August 2016

Hospital A&E wards 'in crisis over shortage of emergency doctors'

Hospital A&E wards 'in crisis over shortage of emergency doctors'


Royal College of Emergency Medicine says workforce is not growing fast enough to keep pace with rising numbers of patients

Hospital accident and emergency wards are in crisis as the supply of doctors fails to keep pace with demand for them in A&E departments according to medics’ representatives.

The warning from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine came as an A&E in the east Midlands announced it may have to temporarily close its doors at night owing to a national shortage of emergency doctors.
Guardian

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