Frontline doctors are warning winter virus cases are “creeping up” alongside pressure on emergency departments, with new NHS data showing the number of flu patients in hospital is up more than half in a week. Today’s figures show an average of 234 people were in hospital with flu every day last week, up 53% on […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) will spot patients at risk of needing to go to hospital so community NHS teams can get to them first and reduce pressures on A&Es, as part of a range of tech and data solutions being rolled out across the NHS ahead of winter. Four GP practices in Somerset are trialling an […]
NHS staff are managing record demand across emergency care ahead of winter, with new data showing Type 1 A&Es and ambulance services experienced their busiest month this year in October. New data published today shows more than 2.2 million people attended A&Es last month (2,219,618), making it the busiest October on record, and the busiest […]
Professor Julian Redhead, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care, said: “While this report includes data which is more than two years old and coincided with a once in a generation pandemic, it is right to note the NHS has been under increasing pressure with staff experiencing record A&E attendances, hospitals fuller […]
The NHS has delivered on its ambition to roll out 10,000 virtual ward beds by the end of September, new figures show today. More than 240,000 patients have now been treated on virtual wards thanks to the world-leading initiative, with research showing people who are treated at home recover at the same rate or faster […]
Ambulance response times improved for the third month in a row despite A&Es facing their busiest summer ever, new figures show. There were more than 6.5 million attendances in A&Es (6,522,000) across June, July and August – more than 20,000 higher than the previous record in 2019 (6,498,472). Following the publication of the Urgent and […]
Emergency departments experienced their second busiest July ever last month, with new data published today showing 2.1 million attendances. The new data suggests this summer is currently on track to be the busiest ever for hardworking NHS staff with 4.42 million attendances in A&E over June and July – 42,500 more than the previous high […]
Care ‘traffic control’ centres to speed up discharge, additional ambulance hours and extra beds are part of wide-ranging plans to prepare for winter, the NHS will announce today. The robust new measures, due to be set out at the NHS England board meeting in Birmingham today, will boost capacity and resilience across the NHS as […]
The hottest June on record saw heightened demand for urgent and emergency services, as staff managed more A&E attendances and saw the second highest number of the most serious ambulance incidents (category 1) for any June. Ambulance response times across all categories have seen improvements on last year, with paramedics reaching category 2 patients an […]
Major disruption caused by industrial action over the next fortnight will have a serious impact on the NHS, with services expected to face the most challenging period yet, England’s top doctor has warned today. To ensure care continues to be available for those in life-threatening situations, NHS staff will prioritise emergency and urgent care – […]