Overcrowding in A&E 'Killing Around 550 Patients in the UK Every Week'

A&E delays could be causing 1,000 deaths a week — NHS review finds

The British Medical Association has called the findings of the new study "an absolute scandal" as the NHS research shows A&Es at 134 hospitals are particularly overcrowded

Overcrowding in A&E 'killing around 550 patients in the UK every week'

The scale of the problem is an 'absolute scandal' with the fatalities the equivalent of a 'fatal jumbo jet crash every single week', doctors said.

NHS crisis exposed as more than 550 patients a week ‘dying unnecessarily’ amid A&E overcrowding

More than 550 patients are dying ‘unnecessarily’ every week because of Britain’s overcrowded A&E departments, alarming new research suggests.The study, published today, found that for every 10 per cent increase in A&E occupancy, the risk of a patient dying within 28 days increases by one per cent.The research estimates overcrowding contributed to 554 excess - otherwise avoidable - deaths every week across the UK last year. This is the equivalent…

Overcrowding in UK’s A&E departments ‘increases risk of death’

Around 550 deaths every week across all of England, Wales and Northern Ireland may be caused by overcrowding in emergency departments, a study found.

Death Risk Climbs Steadily as Hospital Emergency Departments Fill Beyond

A large UK study presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress finds that every ten per cent increase in emergency department occupancy raises the 28-day risk of death by one per cent, with corridor care linked to a similar hazard.