3 h. ago 'Appalling': Fifth of all calls to NHS 24 abandoned amid waits of over 4 hours

Scottish ministers are now being told to make sure it is investing in frontline NHS services properly.

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66 h. ago Town overrun by 75,000 tourists sparking 'gridlock' as sightseers wait 'hours'

Sightseers were reportedly left waiting 40 minutes just to make it through the town centre gates as vast crowds 'overran' the area - with around 75,000 visitors reported to have landed on the resort

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4 d. ago NHS 'failing our most vulnerable' as elderly more likely to wait longer in A&E

A&Es have seen a surge in elderly patients waiting more than 12 hours since the NHS was forced to normalise 'corridor care' to get ambulances back on the road

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6 d. ago British solider told girlfriend 'I'm going to die' after Thai waterfall plunge

Royal Electrical and Engineers (REME) serviceman Liam Gibson, waited an excruciating two hours for mercy crews to arrive after slipping around the Na Muang Waterfall 2 in the Ko Samui District area of Thailand on April 12.

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6 d. ago Brit soldier told girlfriend 'I'm going to die' after horror Thai fall gave him 'shattered' skull

Liam Gibson, 21, waited two hours after falling around the Na Muang Waterfall 2 in the Ko Samui District area of Thailand on April 12 for a rescue operation to take place

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1 week ago I didn't think I'd walk again after waiting two hours for an ambulance, but something extraordinary happened

A teacher who had to learn to walk again after an accident at home is running this weekend's London Marathon. Dewi Jones from Cardiff fell 15 feet from a ladder while painting the front of his house in Cardiff. He fractured the ball of his femur, smashed up his wrist and it was a slow and painful recovery with "many dark times".

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2 w. ago Fury at 'disrespectful' mourners taking selfies with the Pope's corpse as the faithful queue for eight hours to pay respects

After passing away aged 88 on Easter Monday, Francis' body has been carried into Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City for the three-day lying-in-state ritual.

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2 w. ago Thousands from around world wait hours to visit coffin of Pope Francis

Pope’s simple open casket lies on main altar of St Peter’s Basilica as mourners say: ‘It’s a privilege to be here’ Thousands of people queued for hours under the hot spring sun in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose simple wooden coffin has been placed on the main altar of the 16th-century basilica, where he will lie in state until Friday evening.The pope, the head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in Casa Santa Marta on Monday aged 88 after a stroke and subsequent heart failure. He had been recovering from double pneumonia, which had kept him in hospital for five weeks. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'My partner was left permanently disabled by stroke after waiting two hours for an ambulance'

Susan Harding, 57, has lost the use of the left side of her body

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2 w. ago 'He called for help — no one came' Family seeks change after grandfather bled to death alone

Much-loved Peter Parker's last hours were likely spent in pain as he bled to death waiting for help from 999 that never came

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2 w. ago Tens of thousands waited more than 24 hours for hospital beds in A&E last year

Patients in England aged 65 or over made up almost 70% of long ‘trolley waits’, with some left for up to 10 days, data revealsAbout 49,000 A&E visits last year resulted in patients waiting 24 hours or more for a hospital bed, with people aged 65 or over making up almost 70% of cases.According to a freedom of information request by the Liberal Democrats, some patients went 10 days before getting a space on a ward. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Surge in NHS 'trolley waits' of 24 hours or more in recent years

The grim NHS data shows there were at least 49,000 incidents of people waiting 24 hours or longer in A&E after a decision to admit them to hospital to a patient finding a bed

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2 w. ago Nearly 50,000 A&E ‘trolley waits’ of 24 hours or more recorded last year – data

Some patients went 10 days before getting a space on a ward, Liberal Democrat analysis suggested.

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2 w. ago Revealed: The WORST area in England to call an ambulance...where you'll be waiting over an hour for paramedics

Analysis of latest NHS data found one in ten heart attack and stroke patients in March were waiting over an hour and 16 minutes for paramedics to arrive in one part of the country.

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3 w. ago Mother, 57, is left permanently disabled after being forced to wait almost two hours for an ambulance when she suffered a stroke

Susan Harding, 57, has lost the use of the left side of her body after suffering a haemorrhagic stroke at her home in December last year, leaving her with a bleed on the brain.

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3 w. ago Widow, 76, died after lying in agony on ground of medical centre cark park for hours while waiting for an ambulance

Josephine Ellis broke her hip after falling outside the GP surgery. During her ordeal in Norfolk, no staff brought out blankets to keep her warm on the cold October day.

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3 w. ago A look at ER boarding in the US from the AP and Side Effects Public Media

Long ER waits in the U.S. are common, especially for older patients. Some wait for many hours or even days before they get a hospital bed.

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3 w. ago Long ER stays are common in the US. It may get worse as the population ages

An Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis shows one in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours

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3 w. ago Warning over death of heart attack patient who was sent to hospital in a taxi after waiting hours for ambulance

Guy Davies said Andrew Waters was 'denied' the opportunity of 'lifesaving treatment' and died as a result of 'systemic failures'.

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3 w. ago Dover delays LIVE as IT meltdown sparks hols getaway misery with huge tailbacks

Would-be travellers face waits of up to an hour and counting in Dover after an IT glitch on the French side of the English Channel took out automatic passport checks

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