A&E meltdown forces thousands of operations to be cancelled Britain’s surgeons warn of patient misery as hospitals struggle to cope with demand. Thousands of patients whose operations have been cancelled because of the growing turmoil in the UK’s A&E departments are facing prolonged anxiety, discomfort and pain while they wait for a new date for their surgery. A sharp rise in the number of procedures hospitals are postponing has prompted the leader of Britain’s surgeons to warn that patients affected will suffer “considerable distress”. theguardian/society/2015/jan/10/a-and-e-doctors-warn-patient-misery-planned-surgery
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:47:50 +0000