Eight days waiting in A&E: Inside the crisis in NHS mental health care

Eight days waiting in A&E: Inside the crisis in NHS mental health care People suffering from mental illness are increasingly struggling to access help at every level of the NHS – from record numbers facing “unacceptable” delays in referrals to patients waiting up to eight days in A&E for a hospital bed.

Figures seen by The Independent show almost four times as many people are waiting more than 12 hours in emergency departments as two years ago.

See also:

• Health bosses are fiddling while the NHS burns The Daily Telegraph
• Stress, exhaustion and 1,000 patients a day: the life of an English GP The Guardian
• GPs tell patients to ‘get an Uber’ as NHS ambulance delays hit record level The Guardian