Record July temperatures prompt A&E chaos with tens of thousands languishing on trolleys Hottest ever July temperatures prompted chaos in hospitals, with record numbers attending A&E and languishing on trolleys, new figures reveal.
Waiting times deteriorated as doctors and nurses battled to cope with the influx, often in “ageing” buildings not designed to keep cool.
More than 2,266,900 patients went to A&E in July, the month Britain experienced its hottest temperature on record, 38.7C. The Daily Telegraph
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Waiting times deteriorated as doctors and nurses battled to cope with the influx, often in “ageing” buildings not designed to keep cool.
More than 2,266,900 patients went to A&E in July, the month Britain experienced its hottest temperature on record, 38.7C. The Daily Telegraph
See also:
- Combined Performance Summary: June – July 2019 Nuffield Trust
- The King's Fund responds to the latest monthly hospital performance data The King's Fund
- Op waits hit 4.4 million high in England BBC News
- Number of A&E patients waiting four hours to be admitted rises by 35% The Guardian
- Record number of A&E patients waiting more than four hours to be seen, NHS figures show The Independent
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