Cameron defends NHS as A&E units record worst-ever performance PM criticises scaremongering as eight more hospitals declare they underwent a major or significant incident this winter
David Cameron has been forced to defend the performance of the embattled health service as official figures showed accident and emergency units in England recording their worst-ever performance.
The prime minister’s intervention coincided with eight more hospitals declaring they had undergone a major or significant incident, taking the total reported so far this winter to 15, as the early stages of the election campaign headed into territory traditionally favourable to Labour. Continue reading... The Guardian
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David Cameron has been forced to defend the performance of the embattled health service as official figures showed accident and emergency units in England recording their worst-ever performance.
The prime minister’s intervention coincided with eight more hospitals declaring they had undergone a major or significant incident, taking the total reported so far this winter to 15, as the early stages of the election campaign headed into territory traditionally favourable to Labour. Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- Government response: NHS accident and emergency figures Department of Health
- Winter NHS services – where the extra funding is going NHS England
- RCN responds to winter A&E figures Royal College of Nursing
- Labour urges summit to find A&E 'fix' BBC News
- VIDEO: Why are hospital A&Es struggling? BBC News
- VIDEO: Emergency care system 'confusing' BBC News
- A&E: Does missing the target matter? BBC News
- VIDEO: Hunt responds to patients' A&E woes BBC News
- 9th hospital declares 'major incident' in NHS A&E crisis as another issues plea to off-duty nurses The Daily Mail
- Political point-scoring will not help the NHS The Daily Telegraph
- NHS waiting times: Which of the 15 promises have been broken under the Coalition? The Daily Telegraph
- A&E crisis: hospitals tweet pleas for off-duty staff to report for duty The Daily Telegraph
- GPs under pressure as A&E waits worst for a decade GP Online
- Hospitals crisis: what the experts think The Guardian
- Hospital A&E waiting times hit worst level on record The Guardian
- NHS four-hour wait time target in A&E met in 90% of cases Jeremy Hunt The Guardian
- A&E consultant: 'The system is at its limit' video The Guardian
- How did your NHS trust perform over the worst week for waiting times? The Guardian
- NHS in critical condition as A&E waiting times are worst in a decade The Independent
- System changes needed as A&E pressures hit new high OnMedica
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