A testing opening match in the austalian open next week against american madison brengle. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Doctors have warned the Prime Minister that patients are dying in the corridors of accident and emergency units in england and wales. The heads of 68 a e departments have written to theresa may saying that the current level of safety compromise is at times intolerable despite the best efforts of staff. And they say that thousands of patients are waiting for hours in ambulances because hospitals dont have enough space. Our Health Correspondent Catherine Burns reports. Is that the one that you want . Yeah. Rosie dawson was in severe pain when she went to a e last week. She had a gynaecological problem and was bleeding heavily, but the hospital was so busy that she was examined on a trolley in a busy corridor. I think i was trolley number 12 and there were trolleys going all the way up. You cant see to someones dignity, you cant ensure they are havin
Logan paul after he posted a controversial video. I believe oprah wakes up in the morning and both personally and professionally wonders what she can patients are dying in hospital corridors in accident and Emergency Departments in england and wales because safety has been compromised by intolerable conditions. Thats the blunt warning made in a letter to theresa may, signed by 68 senior doctors who run a e departments. Today, theres fresh evidence of the pressure those units are under. Over 300,000 patients waited longer than they should in december. 85 of patients were seen in four hours well below the 95 target the figure equals the previous low recorded last january. Crisis that we have had the letter from the a e consultants sets out the impact of the pressure and their own experiences. Over 120 patients a day managed in corridors, some dying prematurely. An average of 10 12 hours from decision to admit a patient until they are transferred to a bed, and patients sleeping in clinics
Welcome to bbc news. Dozens of senior doctors who run accident and Emergency Departments in england and wales have written a stark letter to the Prime Minister warning that patients are dying prematurely in hospital corridors and conditions are at times intolerable. They say thousands of patients are left in the back of ambulances waiting to get into a e. And very high rates of flu recently mean that some hospitals are running out of beds. Today theres fresh evidence of the pressure a e units are under. More than 300,000 patients waited longer than they should in december. Staff managed to see 85 of patients within four hours thats well below the 95 target and some of the worst figures since records began. This report from our Health Editor hugh pym. A long wait in an overcrowded a e unit, thats what 87 year old yvonne had to endure. It was ten hours before she saw a doctor, and hours more before she was admitted to a ward. Her daughter, esther, used herscarf to secure her in a wheelch
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