Thursday 30 May

The number of ambulances being turned away from accident and emergency departments because hospitals are full has risen by a quarter in the last year, according to figures by the House of Commons library. The data disclosed that there were 357 occasions when emergency ambulances were diverted to other hospitals because there was no room at A&E in 2012-13. This was up from 287 in 2011-12. The figures, released to Labour, represent the latest evidence that hospital A&E departments are struggling to cope.
Source: Royal College of Nursing News Alert - Category: Nursing Source Type: news