A&E redesigned to keep patients calm ,
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/ae-redesigned-to-keep-patients-calm-6263516.html

Not sure how calm people should be,

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health-news/2011/11/28/over-stretched-a-e-nurses-using-terror-tactics-to-prioritise-patients-115875-23593540/

Is there a pattern developing ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-15974740

Health trust considers Army medics to staff Pontefract A&E, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-16637248

Number waiting over four hours in casualty soars by 40% in one year since targets were scrapped

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2092285/NHS-waiting-times-soar-40-year-targets-scrapped.html#ixzz1khhuR224

London NHS Trust urges maternity and A&E units closure http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17238772

Children attending A&E or walk-in centres should be assessed within 15 minutes, under new standards set by the Royal Colleges.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9240931/Children-should-be-seen-in-AandE-within-15-minutes-Royal-College.html

Hospitals have missed the new easier A&E waiting time target in six out of the last twelve months, figures have revealed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9290481/New-AandE-target-missed-in-six-of-last-ten-months.html

Number of A&E patients waiting more than four hours is highest since 2004

King's Fund thinktank says 226,000 people waited more than four hours in accident and emergency in last 90 days analysed

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/31/patients-waiting-four-hours-2004

A patient died in a hospital corridor after waiting for emergency treatment for more than two hours, it has emerged.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9309217/Hospital-patient-dies-in-AandE-corridor.html

Eleven medics have been suspended from a hospital after a man collapsed and died on the doorstep of a hospital.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9384486/Eleven-hospital-staff-suspended-after-man-dies-on-hospital-doorstep.html

The number of patients left to wait up to 12 hours for an emergency hospital bed rose by almost a third in the first six months of the year, according to official figures.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9466155/Thousands-wait-more-than-four-hours-to-be-seen-in-AandE.html

More A&E patients face lengthy wait in ambulances
Number of patients left outside hospital for more than half an hour rises 100,000 in two years

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/sep/16/patients-face-wait-ambulance

Too many cancers only diagnosed in A&E, study suggests http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19662456

Two-thirds of 'emergency' cancer cases are in pensioners

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9556393/Two-thirds-of-emergency-cancer-cases-are-in-pensioners.html

Paramedics forced to wait outside a hospital for 2.5hours for beds to become available for their patients

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2212337/Paramedics-forced-wait-outside-hospital-2-5hours-beds-available.html#ixzz28H9k4kRu

Hospitals losing money with rising numbers of A&E patients, study finds
Study says it costs hospitals more to treat accident and emergency patients than they are paid to deliver service

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/oct/24/hospitals-losing-out-a-e-patients

Watchdog acts on Kettering General Hospital patient breaches

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/watchdog-acts-on-kettering-general-hospital-patient-breaches-8227918.html

A&E waiting times longer - CQC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20624889

NHS blueprint to shake up emergency care provisions, says director
Medical director Sir Bruce Keogh says present 'fragmented' system of A&E and walk-in centres is confusing for public

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/18/nhs-blueprint-emergency-care-provisions

Why do patients still face unacceptable A&E waits?
Hospital consultants and managers should be challenged to improve services

http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2013/jan/21/patients-face-unacceptable-waits

Monday mornings are A&E 'rush hour' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21159143

Seriously ill A&E patients at a hospital are waiting more than half a day for a bed, it has emerged.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9835331/AandE-patients-wait-half-day-for-bed.html

Romford Queen's Hospital A&E: Patient cap to tackle 'poor care'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21249500

Two tier system proposed for English accident and emergency units
999 emergency departments would provide a full range of services, while 111 could be used for second rank emergency departments

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/two-tier-system-proposed-for-english-accident-and-emergency-units-8473617.html

A&E waits 'highest for a decade' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21444444

Four major A&Es set to be scrapped this week as remaining hospitals face 50% rise in attendance

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279755/Four-major-A-amp-Es-set-scrapped-week-remaining-hospitals-face-50-rise-attendance.html#ixzz2L6bh44RI

NHS still obsessed with waiting time targets, says ex-A&E tsar

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9877205/NHS-still-obsessed-with-waiting-time-targets-says-ex-AandE-tsar.html

Dementia sufferer, 90, taken to hospital and 'left waiting on a trolley in a corridor for FIVE HOURS with 25 other patients'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2281753/Dementia-sufferer-90-rushed-hospital-left-waiting-trolley-corridor-hours.html#ixzz2LTu0lX1v

'You're coming here and pleading poverty while we're paying taxes': Racist woman spared jail for hour-long A&E outburst and attacking a policeman, nurse and patient

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282188/Racist-woman-attacked-policeman-nurse-patient-spared-jail-following-A-E-outburst.html#ixzz2LZrpGSd2

Frail widow, 88, left on hospital trolley for 12 HOURS in 'chaotic' A&E department

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2286533/Frail-widow-88-left-hospital-trolley-12-HOURS-chaotic-A-E-department.html#ixzz2MKn0FGrB

Mother's rage at 'urgent care centre' staff who refused to treat son's head wound that he suffered after falling over in their clinic

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287129/Mothers-fury-Urgent-Care-Centre-refuses-treat-sons-head-wound.html#ixzz2MQMz9OLC

A&E nurses at Stafford hospital were 'punished by senior executives if they spent too much time caring for patients'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288667/A-E-nurses-Stafford-hospital-punished-senior-executives-spent-time-caring-patients.html#ixzz2MiCrd6L4

Distressed war veteran, 94, left in blood-soaked pyjamas for FIVE HOURS by 'exceptionally busy' A&E department

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2292056/Distressed-war-veteran-94-left-blood-soaked-pyjamas-FIVE-HOURS-exceptionally-busy-A-E-department.html#ixzz2NN4nbj00

A&E consultants: Hospitals in Wales at 'meltdown point' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21962453

NHS failed to meet four-hour A&E targets for past two months
Government figures show casualty departments falling short of goal of dealing with 95% of patients within timeframe

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/apr/02/nhs-four-hour-targets-aande

Crisis hospital sets up tent for A&E patients

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/9967793/Crisis-hospital-sets-up-tent-for-AandE-patients.html

Shock 250% rise in patients waiting more than 4 hours in A&E: Six-month total soars by 146,000 - as Labour says crisis is worst in 20 years

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2308753/Shock-250-rise-patients-waiting-4-hours-A-E-Six-month-total-soars-146-000--Labour-says-crisis-worst-20-years.html

Doctors challenge A&E criticisms http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22298333

A&E facing serious problem, health minister admits http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22460741

Shocking proof A&E closures cost lives: Death rate jumps more than a THIRD after department closes

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2323141/Shocking-proof-Accident-Emergency-closures-cost-lives-Death-rate-jumps-THIRD-department-closes.html#ixzz2T1himlKG

1 in 5 A&E units only has junior doctors at weekends

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10057269/1-in-5-AandE-units-only-has-junior-doctors-at-weekends.html

NHS 'misses A&E waiting time target'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22758157

NHS 'needs to simplify urgent care' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22902761

Patients facing eight-hour waits in ambulances outside A&E departments

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10150635/Patients-facing-eight-hour-waits-in-ambulances-outside-AandE-departments.html

Staffordshire nurses wrongly recorded waiting times http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-23408124

Britain could face A&E crisis next winter

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10197814/Britain-could-face-AandE-crisis-next-winter.html

A&Es miss waiting time targets as NHS 111 slides

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/aes-miss-waiting-time-targets-as-nhs-111-slides-8744435.html

Bailout for A&E units only 'papering cracks' say doctors

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23612539#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Girl, 14, died in a hospital with 'chaotic' A&E staff who inserted medical equipment upside down when they tried to save her
Jessica Ashton-Pyatt suffered two heart attacks after she vomited so violently her stomach ruptured in October last year
She was rushed to Pilgrim Hospital in nearby Boston, but died hours later
Inquest heard A&E staff were ‘overwhelmed’ when Jessica was admitted
This led to a catalogue of errors including a situation where a defibrillator could not be used because it was left unplugged by staff
Verdict of death by natural causes was recorded by the coroner, however


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2408815/Jessica-Ashton-Pyatt-14-died-hospital-chaotic-A-E-staff-inserted-medical-equipment-upside-down.html#ixzz2dorzylJN

One in three A&E patients don't need to be there, says top NHS doctor
Professor Keith Willett said more patients could be treated by paramedics and local pharmacists

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/one-in-three-ae-patients-dont-need-to-be-there-says-top-nhs-doctor-8802594.html

A&E departments understaffed by nearly 10%, BBC survey suggests http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23971709

Eight in 10 nurses say A&E strain is putting lives at risk as bosses warn of hospital crisis to come this winter
89 per cent say pressure has grown in the last six months
A fifth of nurses said patients are put in danger every day


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2415735/Eight-10-nurses-say-A-E-strain-putting-lives-risk-bosses-warn-hospital-crisis-come-winter.html#ixzz2eOFwjqDE

I’ll boost A&E consultant numbers at night, says Hunt as he bids to ease pressure on departments
Health secretary promises cash to pay for consultants to work out of hours
Just FIVE senior doctors can be found on duty in England's A&Es at night
Junior doctors left to staff A&E departments between 8pm and midnight
Jeremy Hunt has now admitted the system needs to be 'beefed up'


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2417026/I-ll-boost-A-E-consultant-numbers-night-says-Hunt-bids-ease-pressure-departments.html#ixzz2eZaJSXxT

More than double the number of NHS trusts failing to meet A&E targets
Labour warns of 'severe storms ahead' in winter if A&E units can't even cope in quieter spring and summer periods

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/more-than-double-the-number-of-nhs-trusts-failing-to-meet-ae-targets-8832618.html

Will opening GP surgeries for longer alleviate pressure on A&E?
Jeremy Hunt's recent announcement can – and should – be used to encourage patients to accept a new model of care

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/oct/03/gp-surgeries-longer-pressure-nhs

Revealed: How NHS targets make the A&E crisis far worse

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/revealed-how-nhs-targets-make-the-ae-crisis-far-worse-8913933.html

NHS A&E wards face worst winter ever, says top doctor
Labour says hospitals are 'already sailing dangerously close to the wind, and that is before the winter has even started'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nhs-ae-wards-face-worst-winter-ever-says-top-doctor-8919413.html

How to reduce the pressure on A&E departments
The challenge is to reduce avoidable admissions and ensure that patients are treated in the most appropriate setting

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/nov/05/reduce-pressure-hospital-emergency-departments

A&E overcrowding may cost lives, emergency doctors warn
NHS outgoing chief executive Sir David Nicholson cites poor management as college points to shortage of 600 consultants

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/06/accident-emergency-overcrowding-costs-lives-doctors

Do not take all your patients to hospital, paramedics told
Call for emergencies to be treated in homes to ease pressure on A&E as NHS faces the 'worst winter yet’

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10438156/Do-not-take-all-your-patients-to-hospital-paramedics-told.html

As fears of a winter casualty crisis grow... The 12,000 patients left for 12 hours on trolleys
Figures show shocking number of patients left in casualty units
Another 250 waited for a minimum of 24 hours, statistics reveal
College of Emergency Medicine say situation in A&E units is a 'crisis'


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2501692/As-fears-winter-casualty-crisis-grow--The-12-000-patients-left-12-hours-trolleys.html#ixzz2kQIDwB58

Plan for a two-tier A&E service - reaction: Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including reaction to the plan for a two-tier A&E service

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/13/plan-for-a-two-tier-ae-service-reaction-politics-live-blog

NHS organisations need to commit to making Keogh's A&E plan happen
The timescale for transforming A&E services is ambitious but it offers the chance to build momentum

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/nov/14/nhs-keogh-a-and-e-plan

Hospital A&Es swamped by 500,000 elderly victims of neglect

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/hospital-aes-swamped-by-500000-elderly-victims-of-neglect-8955399.html

Patients wait hours in ambulances because A&E staff are too busy
Figures reveal waits of several hours because ambulances cannot hand over patients until staff are available

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/09/patients-wait-hours-ambulances-emergency

A&E units miss four-hour target for seeing patients http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25363940

A&E staffing: why many doctors go to work abroad or switch careers
Staff shortages mean almost 750,000 patients' care suffers every year. We need to invest in a challenging field of medicine

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2013/dec/19/casualty-staffing-doctors-leave-switch-careers

Hospitals prepare for winter rush
NHS data shows trusts breaching patient target as increased emergency admissions put A&E departments under pressure

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/20/hospitals-nhs-winter-emergency-admissions

A&E in Australia: 'doctors are much better supported here'
A consultant who moved from Glasgow to Victoria explains why he does not intend to return home any time soon

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/27/accident-emergency-australia-doctors-case-study

Third of GPs back charging £10 to keep timewasters away from A&E units

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/charge-10-to-keep-timewasters-away-from-ae-units-say-gps-9035741.html

A&E: Some patients visit units 50 times a year http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25628009

Sickliest patients in the NHS are our A&E departments

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alison-phillips-column-nhs-verge-2999478#ixzz2pzRL7lgw

NHS in England 'misses A&E target' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25681660

Royal Victoria Hospital: A&E compared to 'M.A.S.H. unit' following major incident

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/royal-victoria-hospital-ae-compared-to-mash-unit-following-major-incident-9050056.html

NHS spending on temporary locum doctors in A&E up 60%, says Labour
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham accuses coalition of not listening to warnings because of its 'obsession' with NHS reform

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/14/nhs-spending-temporary-locum-doctors-up-60-percent

Overworked staff at ‘24 hours in A&E’ hospital caught sleeping on the job

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/overworked-staff-at-24-hours-in-ae-hospital-caught-sleeping-on-the-job-9132138.html

One-fifth of patients 'admit to misusing A&E units' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26425453

Telling the truth on the crisis in A&E http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/07/truth-crisis-accident-and-emergency

Overhaul of ambulance and A&E targets in Wales trialled http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26740677

Many A&Es 'have missed wait target this winter' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26790545

Three times as many A&E patients waiting over four hours http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-27314835

People not overusing A&E – findings
College of Emergency medicine says only one in seven cases at emergency departments are non-urgent

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/22/people-not-overusing-ae-study

One in four A&E patients are there because they couldn't get a GP appointment: Nearly six million visits are simply because a family doctor was not available
5.8million visits directly down to patients being unable to see doctor
Last week, number of patients at casualty reached a record high
Patients finding it increasingly difficult to get a GP appointment


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2674478/One-four-A-E-patients-GP-appointment-Nearly-six-million-visits-simply-family-doctor-not-available.html#ixzz367CChlFN

David Cameron accused of misrepresenting A&E waiting times to Parliament

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/david-cameron-accused-of-misrepresenting-ae-waiting-times-to-parliament-9582890.html

A&E waiting target 'missed for whole year' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28355990

A&E patients waiting in ambulances for eight hours as hospitals left 'full to bursting'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ae-patients-waiting-in-ambulances-for-eight-hours-as-hospitals-left-full-to-bursting-9659834.html

Is this GP showing how to solve the A&E crisis? Steffi's working in Casualty to weed out patients who don't need hospital care - with remarkable results
Last year, a record 24  million people went to Casualty
One in four said they were there as they couldn't get a GP appointment
At Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, Somerset, they have a new strategy
Seven days a week there's a GP in A&E, such as Dr Steffi Bridgman

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2722415/Is-GP-showing-solve-A-E-crisis-Steffis-working-Casualty-weed-patients-dont-need-hospital-care-remarkable-results.html

A&E figures 'show NHS in winter crisis'
Official statistics show number of patients forced to endure long trolley waits has doubled as Patients Association says NHS is now in crisis

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/nhs/11245157/AandE-figures-show-NHS-in-winter-crisis.html

Eight NHS workers are 'attacked every hour': Number up by 9% in a year with most assaults coming as staff try to treat patients
Number of assaults on NHS workers rose from 63,199 to 68,683 last year
It means almost 200 employees are attacked every day or eight every hour
Most violent or aggressive attacks occurred in A&E and mental health units
Experts described increased assaults on workers as 'absolutely shocking'


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2846935/Eight-NHS-workers-attacked-hour-Number-9-year-assaults-coming-staff-try-treat-patients.html#ixzz3JzHSzqCw

Number of patients waiting on trolleys in A&E triples
More than 23,600 patients in England waited between four and 12 hours on a trolley in A&E as NHS crisis mounts, new figures reveal

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11262541/Number-of-patients-waiting-on-trolleys-in-AandE-triples.html

A&E has 'worst week' in England http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30541135

Six reasons A&Es are struggling http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30711442