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Leading A&E medics sound alarm over NHS winter pressures
RCEM says only 3% of A&E leads feel well prepared, as 60% call departments unsafe and 91% expect winter pressure.
- A new Royal College of Emergency Medicine survey of 163 clinical leads found 92% describe current pressure as high or very high, while 97% warned emergency departments are not well prepared for winter.
- After a record 7.3 million patients attended A&E this summer, 60% of doctors describe their departments as "unsafe," prompting experts to warn the NHS is at a point "where we can't tell where one crisis ends and the next begins."
- RCEM President Dr. Ian Higginson warned that overcrowding, corridor care, and looming demand surge are "creating perfect conditions for a terrible winter," stating action is needed "right now" to avert disaster.
- Health Secretary Yvette Cooper announced a £140 million boost for urgent care over the weekend, vowing to end corridor care for children amid ongoing capacity concerns from the college.
- Dr. Den Langhor, emergency care lead for the British Medical Association, described departments as a "perpetual crisis," warning that rising flu cases will strain an already exhausted frontline this winter.
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Rother Radio - Rotherham & Sheffield's Best Variety of Hits!Leading A&E medics sound alarm over NHS winter pressures
Experts also warned the NHS is at the point ‘where we can’t tell where one crisis ends and the next begins’.
·London, United Kingdom
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The Independent (US)The NHS is not ready for winter, top A&E doctors warn
Medics warn hospitals face a ‘horrific’ situation as the NHS battles a year-round crisis in emergency care pressures
·London, United Kingdom
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Emergency Department doctors 'very concerned' about winter
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has revealed that almost all its senior doctors – who run Northern Ireland’s Emergency Departments – are very worried about pressures they will face this winter.
·Portadown, United Kingdom
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