Politicians and experts react to claim up to 500 people could die each week due to crippling NHS delays
Politicians and medical experts have reacted to claims that up to 500 people could die every week due to delays in the NHS.
"We need to increase our capacity within our hospitals, we need to make sure that there are alternative ways so that people aren’t all just funnelled into the ambulance service and emergency department. We cannot continue like this, it is unsafe and it is undignified." Mr Halfon admitted that more needed to be done but defended his cabinet's response. "The Government is putting a lot of funding and doing everything possible," he added.
Another doctor revealed "exhausted" staff are battling illness and has been struck by the number of "extremely sick" young flu patients who have needed ventilation. "These are real figures and I worry that we’re going to hear attempts to spin and manipulate this data and discredit it. I think if we hear that, we’ve got to say no – that is spin. This is a real problem. It’s happening now in our emergency departments."
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