Accident and emergency departments in England had one of their worst months ever in July, with record numbers of patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted and the
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All ambulance services in England are on the highest level of alert and are under “extreme pressure”. A combination of Covid absences among staff, difficulty caused by the hot weather
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More than half of people are worried about facing “dangerously long” waits for ambulances and A&E treatment if they fall seriously ill, according to a poll. A survey of more
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An emergency services clinician should have organised a face-to-face mental health assessment for teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland on the day she disappeared, an inquest has heard. The clinician spoke to the
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A leading scientist has revealed how he faced a “litany of questions” after calling for an ambulance as his wife lay dying in his arms. The renowned broadcaster and fertility
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An ambulance trust has been criticised for allowing harassment, bullying and inappropriate sexualised behaviour to become “normalised” within the organisation. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated the leadership at
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A whistleblower was “bullied, harassed and blackmailed” after he raised allegations about an ambulance trust covering up evidence of mistakes by paramedics, MPs have heard. Labour’s Grahame Morris added that
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A woman was forced to keep her baby’s remains in the fridge after she suffered a late miscarriage, as NHS staff reportedly told her they had nowhere safe to store
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A struggling ambulance trust could face a “Titanic moment” and collapse entirely this summer, its nursing director has said, as committee papers warn of an England-wide “catastrophic situation”. Mark Docherty,
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An ambulance trust faces further investigation over allegations it covered up evidence about deaths linked to mistakes made by paramedics, the Government has said. Health minister Maria Caulfield told MPs
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