Dr Nigel Ruddell said the longer patients wait outside an ED the more they are likely to deteriorate.

The BBC's Hugh Pym spent two days in A&E at Warwick Hospital where management declared a critical incident, with some staff ...

An NHS nurse said last night was the worst she had seen in her time in an A&E department. The Birmingham nurse told the BBC ...

Patients have been urged to attend A&E alone if they need emergency care at hospitals in York and Scarborough due to ...

A father said his poorly daughter had to endure a "horrible 30-hour wait in a chair" in a hospital's A&E department. Derek ...

Whiston Hospital is the latest hospital on Merseyside to declare a critical incident, as the NHS continues to see huge demand ...

Some hospitals in England are "full to bursting", an NHS chief has warned, as flu levels are up 21% on the week prior, ...

Patients can also use the NHS 24 Online app to assess their symptoms and find nearby services, including a Minor Injuries ...

The UK's National Health Service (NHS) has reported that the last 12 months were its busiest year on record for Accident and ...

New figures show that nearly 1,000 patients waited more than four hours to be admitted, transferred or discharged in November ...

A flu patient who waited for 12 hours overnight in a hospital emergency department after coughing up blood has said the NHS ...

Last week's data, broken down by hospital trust, has revealed the proportion of ambulance patients waiting for more than 30 ...