A common diagnosis for the crisis in A&E waiting times is a lack of money and a lack of staff. This is routinely discredited by available data. So what actually is driving poor A&E performance across hospitals? Slightly technical 🧵on patient flow in hospitals (1/12)

Full piece here: thetimes.com/article/89c4de…

After working in A&E for just a little over a month, I thought I'd share my experiences as one of the front line doctors facing the current/ongoing crisis happening across our country. A quarter through my placement, I already feel burned out and morally fatigued. 1/20.

'Patients are collapsing in the waiting room': A&E nurses speak out - BBC News @rcollem. Thanks to these nurses for speaking out and joining our call for action, the present situation is intolerable. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

“This is one of the worst days I have seen… It’s a rubbish service, there is no getting away from it. ” - Dr Raj, ED Consultant. If you want to get a real sense of what A&Es, those who staff them, and the patients who need them are currently experiencing across the country -

The situation in A&E is a national emergency.   Philip Banfield 💙 has spoken to Sky News about the crisis our members are describing on the ground

With patients at risk of harm due to spending days in Emergency Departments and health care professionals left in tears due to winter pressures, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has asked ‘how has this been allowed to happen again?’ Read Adrian Boyle Dr Adrian Boyle's

Too many patients are being treated in corridors and chairs. It's unsafe, undignified & unacceptable. That is why we & The RCN have been calling for provider-level data on care delivered in temporary environments. Delighted that @nhsengland has now announced that NHS trusts

Awful news from Oldham - our thoughts are with everyone effected by this incident. #EMfamily

Everyday A&E clinicians and staff go to work knowing they are likely to be faced with severe over-crowding and not being able to provide the level of care they want to. Can you imagine the toll that takes? Dr Luke Craddock has shared what it's been like working in A&E during

RCN have captured the essence of the moral injury suffered by nurses, and also by every other staff group, working in Emergency Departments at the moment. They also, through their members, describe what our patients experience.

Meditation is not an activity to be done in a peaceful atmosphere, but it is done to be peaceful in any atmosphere. #SadguruWhispers #Quotes #QOTD #Meditation #Peace #Peaceful #LifeLessons #TuesdayThoughts

"There are 140 people in the A&E department. One person has been waiting for a bed in a ward for three days." Thank you Rebecca Barry for spending two days in an Emergency Department to show the pressures facing Urgent and Emergency Care services this winter. Watch her report on

ICYMI: Adrian Boyle calls on the government to lay out its plans to ‘future proof’ the NHS against further A&E winter crises as extreme seasonal pressure continues ow.ly/Q7Lj50UMMwy

The problem in England's A&Es from a different perspective. How crowded are they now compared to how crowded they used to be: ...

Burnout remains a issue beyond training in EM. Half reducing hours to protect themselves. Needs a whole system response. #EMTA2025

news.sky.com/story/hospital…. But don’t worry, we (nearly) achieve a 78% performance against the 4hr standard. 🙄

Our patients need both a four hour standard AND a 12 hour standard with equal operational focus and grip. Just focusing on a low 4hr standard means that there no attention on bed management and hospital flow.

Following lengthy discussions with different College committees, a position statement regarding treating patients in the back of ambulances has now been agreed: rcem.ac.uk/news/position-…