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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
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'The chaos continues': Sustained winter pressures batter an underprepared Emergency Care system - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Emergency Departments are collapsing this winter due to high inpatient occupancy, discharge delays and rising illnesses, reflecting a failure to prepare for predictable seasonal surges.
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1 week ago

Critical incident declared at Nottingham hospitals

In the last week, we have seen significant demand on our services, in A&E in particular, which is resulting in lengthy waits for patients. This follows a previous critical incident in January, where rising demand, winter infections and staff sickness all led to unacceptable delays. More than half of our adult beds are currently occupied by patients who are over 80 years old, whose health issues can impact them more than younger patients.
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