Friday 21 December 2018

Nearly all hospitals are 'dangerously' busy, experts warn

Nearly all hospitals are 'dangerously' busy, experts warn The NHS is under crippling pressure heading into the Christmas period with nearly all hospitals 'dangerously' busy, experts have warned.

Despite improved performance from the first week of winter, there is still 'massive stress' on the NHS and the situation is expected to worsen.

The Labour Party, Royal College of Nursing and the Society for Acute Medicine all voiced concerns after seeing NHS statistics for last week.

All but three English hospitals have more beds full than is safe, and 20,032 people waited in an ambulance for more than half an hour in the past fortnight. The Daily Mail

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