An NHS in crisis: patients are now waiting longer for almost every type of emergency care

An NHS in crisis: patients are now waiting longer for almost every type of emergency care There’s no doubt that the NHS is deep in crisis. The NHS is facing spiralling waits for emergency and routine care; waves of national strikes; budgets squeezed by inflation; and endless declarations of critical incidents by trust trying to preserve capacity for their sickest patients.

But what does an ’NHS in crisis’ really mean for patients needing emergency care? The unfortunate reality is that patients are likely to face multiple delays on their journey to treatment. The King's Fund