Friday 30 December 2022

Revealed: Crisis in A&E departments drives 15,000 deaths

Revealed: Crisis in A&E departments drives 15,000 deaths The crisis in Britain’s A&E departments has been linked to more than 15,000 deaths in 18 months, with as many as 500 patients a week dying because of long waits for emergency care.

Expert analysis shows that the number of avoidable deaths has been three times as high as it would have been if hospital waits for emergency treatment had stayed at pre-pandemic levels. The Independent

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