Health · 3 hours ago
A&E Doctors Warn NHS Is Not Ready for Winter
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Leading A&E doctors say the NHS is not ready for winter, with just 3% of emergency department leaders telling a Royal College of Emergency Medicine survey they feel well prepared. Six in ten called their departments currently unsafe. The college warned overcrowding, corridor care and an early rise in flu are creating conditions for a terrible winter, with nearly 1,000 fewer hospital beds in England.
Reported by The Independent · How we write briefs