Welsh patients may wait longer for care in England
A Welsh health board may ask the NHS in England to delay the care it gives to patients living in Wales to save money. It means hospital waiting times could be extended by up to 11 weeks or longer for ...
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Flu peak yet to come, top doctor warns as Wirral hospital declares critical incident
A TOP NHS doctor has warned the peak of the flu season is yet to come as hospitals wards across England are “full to bursting ...
'Burnt out' and frustrated Nuneaton hospital staff face toughest winter yet
The George Eliot Hospital's managing director admitted 'there is no doubt it is very hard to work in the NHS at the moment' ...
Another Merseyside hospital has declared a critical incident
Another Merseyside hospital has declared a critical incident as the crisis in Accident and Emergency continues to grip the ...
'Corridors were lined with patients on trolleys': Your stories of NHS pressures as flu cases rise
The noise, huddles of doctors and nurses, anxious looks on faces, trolleys being navigated awkwardly around patients on ...
Daughter says NHS 'not fit for purpose' after father endures seven-hour ambulance wait
Wallace Boulter, who has dementia, had to wait more than five hours to be admitted into Heartlands Hospital - which has declared a 'critical incident'. | ITV News Central ...
Royal Cornwall Hospital '95 per cent full' as new figures reveal scale of NHS bed crisis
New figures show the stark reality of how the South West's hospitals are running out of bed space. | ITV News West Country ...
Hospital wards face ‘pandemic-level’ strain with soaring flu cases triggering winter crisis
Around 20 hospital trusts across England have declared critical incidents with staff facing ‘mammoth demand’ due to the cold weather and flu ...
NHS declares critical incidents as flu cases rise
Hospitals in the West are experiencing critical incidents due to high levels of flu and norovirus. Services are "extremely busy" at hospitals in Gloucestershire, Yeovil and Taunton.
Two Somerset hospitals declare critical incidents as flu cases soar
Two Somerset hospitals have declared critical incidents due to sharp rises in patients presenting with flu and other ...
Man, 80, lay on trolley in A&E corridor for over 40 hours as NHS crisis deepens
Kirsty Gray said the scene at Merseyside's Arrowe Park hospital was 'horrific' as her dad Colin spent 40 hours on a trolley ...
My 80-year-old father spent 40 hours on bed in hospital corridor and didn't get treated properly for a week - he's upset and angry at state of the NHS
Colin Gray's daughter, Kirsty, described seeing ambulances queuing outside while the emergency department in Wirral, ...