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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 weeks ago

RCEM urges action as long hospital stays reach worst levels this winter - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Record high long hospital stays, rising staff absences, and ambulance handover delays require long-term, system-wide government action and support for emergency staff.
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4 weeks ago

'Failure to prepare' for winter has left A&E patients out at sea - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Today's data, from NHSE's latest weekly winter situation report, covers the week ending 25 January. It showed that bed occupancy in English hospitals remains dangerously high, at 94.6%, while more than 14,000 people medically fit to be discharged from hospital were still stuck in beds. On a given day, there were on average 50,368 patients who had been in a hospital bed for seven days or longer, showing problems lie at the 'back door' of hospitals.
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