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Europe December 31, 2025

EMERGENCY ROOMS OVERRUN: Is YOUR Cold Sending You There?

EMERGENCY ROOMS OVERRUN: Is YOUR Cold Sending You There?

The emergency rooms are overwhelmed, but the reasons are more complex than they appear. A startling surge in patients seeking help for common ailments is straining resources already stretched thin by winter illnesses.

Ambulances outside the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, as a number of NHS trusts in England have declared critical incidents which can be called when health and care services are so busy that special measures are needed to restore normal operations and keep patients safe. Picture date: Wednesday January 8, 2025. PA Photo. Around 5,000 hospital beds in England are occupied with patients with flu, and patients have been urged to attend A&E alone as they grapple with high demand amid rising cases. Some hospitals have also restricted visitor numbers while others are encouraging people to wear surgical masks to limit the spread of viruses. See PA story HEALTH NHS. Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire File photo dated 18/01/23 of a general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. Last year was the worst on record for accident and emergency waits, with the four-hour target for treating patients missed in almost half-a-million cases - while the number of patients waiting 12 hours has increased by more than 500% in three years, figures show. Issue date: Sunday January 19, 2025. PA Photo. There were 497,142 occasions where patients had to wait longer than four hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged from A&E in 2024, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have calculated. See PA story SCOTLAND AandE. Photo credit should read: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

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