Dr Adrian Boyle, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), said the emergency care system is 'collapsing'
Dr Adrian Boyle, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine , said the emergency care system is ‘collapsing’Freelance reporter and late editorAround 4,000 patients are spending more than 12 hours in A&E a day and the emergency care system is “collapsing”, a top accident and emergency doctor has warned.are increasingly too overcrowded and cannot cope with the amount of people coming through their doors.
He added he was “very worried” about the numbers of people that are dying because they didn’t receive prompt care.: “We are very worried about what I would call British exceptionalism. “There is avoidable mortality that is occurring pretty much only in Britain – which is related to the collapse of the emergency care system.”
Hospitals are facing unprecedented pressure due to staff shortages – resulting in record numbers of patients at A&E departments. According to RCEM data, the number of patients stuck on trolleys for more than 12 hours has risen by 50 per cent in a year and it is estimated struggles to access emergency care is responsible for about 2,000 deaths a month.
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