Emergency Doctors Concerned Over Patient Safety and Care This Winter

A “shocking” number of A&E clinicians have reported concerns over patient safety this winter, as departments grapple with severe overcrowding and declining standards of care. A survey of health care workers, responsible for patient safety in A&E departments, has revealed that 94 percent of clinicians think that patients are being put at risk. The findings, published by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) on Monday showed that only one in 10 respondents across 83 hospitals said they felt better prepared this winter than they did last year. The results also revealed that 87 percent said they were not confident their department will cope this winter and 83 percent had patients being cared for in corridors....