The first wave of police forces will start embedding domestic abuse specialists in their 999 control rooms early next year to stop emergency services missing opportunities to save women’s lives.
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A third of dying people in England and Wales were severely or overwhelmingly affected by pain in the last week of life, according to a major survey said to show
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A woman who had a seizure after waiting hours in a crowded A&E waiting-room died of natural causes but NHS staff “missed opportunities” to diagnose a bleed on her brain,
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One third of people attending Scotland’s emergency departments waited longer than four hours, according to the latest weekly figures. Statistics released by Public Health Scotland show 66% of patients were
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Senior medics warned of a “shameful, shocking” and “dangerous” situation for patients attending England’s A&E departments as figures showed almost 440,000 patients waited 12 hours or more to be admitted
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Truly “harrowing” scenes from an A&E department have been uncovered in a new investigation as a think-tank analyst said people are dying in emergency care in England “who don’t need
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The proportion of people waiting more than four hours to be seen in A&E departments has typically been higher in Wales than either England or Scotland over the past decade,
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Older and frail patients will be given “health MOTs” at the entrance of emergency departments to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. The approach could be a “lifeline” for many patients, according
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A former frontline paramedic has told an inquiry Scotland’s ambulance service was “nowhere near” being prepared for a potential pandemic when Covid-19 first started spreading throughout the country. Robert Pollock
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The safety and quality of care at one of Scotland’s flagship hospitals will be reviewed by an NHS watchdog following concerns initially flagged by consultants last year. Healthcare Improvement Scotland
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