Friday, 9 August 2019

Record July temperatures prompt A&E chaos with tens of thousands languishing on trolleys

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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