by dangerous delays. crews are enduring long waits outside accident and emergency departments in england, because hospitals are struggling to deal with overcrowded wards. nhs england says it has recruited more staff and increased bed capacity, but acknowledged the system was under considerable strain. sharon barbour reports. it s been a long night for margaret. there were ambulances backed up outside. two hours in an ambulance. finally able to get off the ambulance and into a&e, margaret then faced a long wait. she told us she s been here for 14 hours. margaret s 73, and has had no sleep. what was it like last night when you came in to a&e? there were ambulances parked out there. there s ambulances parked out there today. there s no beds. you know, and there s people on trolleys in the corridors. waits in a&e here have been as long as 30 hours, with hospital bosses now warning of even worse to come, as they cope with a sharp rise this week and patients arriving. in the foot
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waits in a&e here have been as long as 30 hours. the hospital trust reporting a near 70% increase in patients coming in. in the foothills of the lake district, cumberland infirmary is the largest accident and emergency hospital in cumbria but it s not big enough. it s already at capacity. there are no more beds. health bosses are working day and night to try and discharge patients. currently i don t have beds free in hospital and we have patients waiting and that is a concern for us and for patients. we have ambulance weights and so we are doing work to look at how we can maximise the space. how s it going today? it s busy. no beds and not enough doctors, with the hospital increasingly reliant on locums, and operation already been postponed. 19 in the last week. plan come from a few miles away, a team working on a solution. they are working round the clock to try and stop patients going into hospital in the first place and they are trying to get them out. we try and refer any
A coroner rules that 14 year old nasar ahmed died as a result of an allergic reaction to his school lunch his mother says he could have been saved. Police figures show that more than 2,500 weapons were seized in schools in england and wales over the past two years, including swords, axes and air guns. Chelsea will be crowned premier League Champions if they beat west brom at the hawthorns this evening. Its 5 00pm. Our top story the National Health service says it is responding to a major cyber attack which has affected hospitals and doctors surgeries across england. 16 nhs organisations have been hit. It has problems with Phone Networks and has led to a number of organisations having to divert emergency patients. Among those affected are barts trust in london, the lister hospital in stevenage, nhs sites in blackburn, blackpool, and nottingham, and Cumberland Infirmary in carlisle. This is the message that appears on the screen when an nhs member of staff tries to use their computer, it