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A&E

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  A moment that changed me

  A moment that changed me: I nearly died when I was hit by a car – then started to relish life’s little luxuries

  For years, I kept a stash of ‘nice things’, waiting for the right occasion to use them. The accident taught me to live now, rather than in the future

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  Children detained under Mental Health Act held for hours in A&E departments

  Research finds children as young as nine in England and Wales taken to A&E because of lack of specialist suites

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  NHS data reveals A&E ‘Uber ambulance crisis’ in England, say Lib Dems

  Party says figures highlight growing loss of faith in ability of services to be there for people when needed

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  NHS England to give urgent help away from A&E to cut ‘corridor care’

  Move is part of £450m Wes Streeting plan to tackle long delays and end hospital overcrowding

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  NHS to open network of mental health emergency units across England

  Patients feeling suicidal or experiencing psychosis or mania will be able to walk in or be referred to units designed to ease pressure on A&Es
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  People in mental health crisis waiting up to three days in A&E in England

  Royal College of Nursing findings described as ‘a scandal in plain sight’ with with conditions ‘close to torture’
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  More than 1m older people in England waited over 12 hours in A&E last year

  Royal College of Emergency Medicine says many endured ‘degrading and dehumanising’ waits on trolleys

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  Violence and abuse against ambulance staff in UK at highest level on record
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  Hospitals in England offered unlimited bonuses for taking patients off waiting lists

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  A&E ‘corridor care’ now normal at NHS hospitals in England, senior doctor says

  Consultant’s comments come as north London hospital posts specific ad for corridor care nurses

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  Slow 999 response times forcing many more people to find own way to A&E

  Figures for England obtained by Lib Dems show that 500,000 people in ‘very urgent’ need travelled to hospital without ambulance in 2023

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  Third of life-or-death 999 ambulance calls in England not attended by paramedic

  Exclusive: Concerns over patient safety after NHS figures show less-qualified staff attending urgent calls

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  UWE Bristol rugby player waited five hours for ambulance, inquest hears

  Maddy Lawrence, 20, was injured in match and died in hospital 16 days later after picking up an infection

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  NHS England should scrap many of its national targets, review says

  Government-commissioned study by Patricia Hewitt also calls for a shift in focus towards preventing ill health

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  ‘It was terrifying’: GP tells of dash to A&E amid ambulance delays
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  Doctors criticise ‘delusional’ Rishi Sunak for denying NHS is in crisis

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  Emergency care issues in England contributed to 200 deaths last week, says medical chief
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  Ambulance waiting times in England three times longer in some rural areas

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  Ambulance staff could coordinate strikes with other NHS workers

  Tens of thousands of workers in England to take industrial action in run-up to Christmas in row over pay

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  Thousands at risk as A&E queues stop NHS paramedics attending 999 calls

  Paramedics in England missing 117,000 urgent calls each month, as CQC warns of ‘worrying new status quo’