a&e units across the uk are under serious pressure. it s not good. all laid in trolleys like this. from this hospital in york. ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. to the royal victoria in belfast. to these corridors in milton keynes. i ve just spoken to the nurses. they ve just asked us just to wait in the queue - until they have space available. doctors say they re most concerned about the sickest patients who need to be moved on from the emergency department to another ward of the hospital, for surgery or more complex treatment. near record numbers are now stuck in a&e for hours until a free bed can be found, partly because hospitals are struggling to discharge patients into social care. if your hospital is full, and more than 19 out of 20 of our beds are full at the moment, that means that it s very challenging for emergency departments to transfer patients
there are three more episodes next week. ., ,, , ., . ., ., , week. indeed. thank you, nicholas witchell. the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment has reached a new high. nhs england says it stood at 7.2 million at the end of october. separately, bbc analysis shows that nearly 40% of patients in a&e departments in england are waiting at least four hours for a bed on a ward. jim reed reports. a&e units across the uk are under serious pressure. it s not good. all laid in trolleys like this. from this hospital in york. ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. to the royal victoria in belfast. to these corridors in milton keynes. i ve just spoken to the nurses. i just askjust to wait in the queue until they have space available. doctors say they re most concerned about the sickest patients who need
happens to another british family ever again. we will be talking more on this story with a correspondent outside the old bailey in the next few minutes. the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment has reached a new high. the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment has reached a new high. waiting to start routine hospital separately, bbc analysis shows that nearly 40% of patients in a&e departments in england are waiting at least four hours for a bed on a ward. jim reed reports. a&e units across the uk are under serious pressure. it s not good. all laid in trolleys like this. from this hospital in york. ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. to the royal victoria in belfast. to these corridors in milton keynes.
ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. to the royal victoria in belfast. to these corridors in milton keynes. i ve just spoken to the nurses. they ve just asked us just to wait in the queue - until they have space available. doctors say they re most concerned about the sickest patients who need to be moved on from the emergency department to another ward of the hospital, for surgery or more complex treatment. near record numbers are now stuck in a&e for hours until a free bed can be found, partly because hospitals are struggling to discharge patients into social care. if your hospital is full, and more than 19 out of 20 of our beds are full at the moment, that means that it s very challenging for emergency departments to transfer patients from the emergency department onto the wards, and that, of course, increases waiting times. you ve had a few days of the treatment. you ve had some rehabilitation. how s