More than a million people per year in England They are forced to wait longer than 12 hours in the A & E, where many are forced to withstand a “humiliating and destroyed” corridor of humanity.
The number between the ages of 60 years or more than 12 hours increased to be transferred, accepted or unloaded to 1.15 million in 2024, up from 991,068 in 2023. The number 305,619 was in 2019, according to the data obtained by the Royal Medicine College (RCEM) under the laws of information freedom.
A RCem report also found a 12 -hour risk of waiting in the Emergency Department in England with the patient’s era. People between the ages of 60 and 69 have had a 15 % opportunity to wait 12 hours or more. For those between the ages of 90 years and over, the possibility has increased to 33 %.
“The healthcare system fails to weaken most – more than a million last year.” “These people are our parents, our ancestors, the ancestors.
“They do not receive the level of care they need, because they bear the longest residency in our emergency departments, and often suffer from humiliating and corridors from caring for the corridors. It is a threat that threatens patients with the safety of patients. We know that long residence is dangerous, especially for those who suffer from the elderly, and puts people’s lives at risk.”
In addition to the long waiting period, the RCEM report found that many elderly people were missing the vital checks in the A & E. Among patients over 75 years old, only 16 % were examined by delirium – a counter -condition associated with an increase in the risk of death. Less than half (48 %) of patients have been examined for their risk of falling.
“This situation, as it is known that more than a million patients greater than the elderly have suffered from long periods of more than 12 hours in the emergency departments, often in inappropriate and inappropriate places such as corridors, is a matter of great attention.
“It is clear that despite the great dedication and hard work of multidisciplinary teams including emergency medicine, acute medicine and acute weaknesses, these extended waiting times indicate a deep failure within our health care system.
“We must ensure that the waiting for 12 hours in the emergency departments again becomes a rare exception instead of the base.”
RCEM recommends changes, including “front door fragility” in all A& E, which is already presented in Scotland.
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“It is the system is the issue and will continue to influence the elderly unless the governments across the UK make political priority,” Boyle said.
to divide health “It is not acceptable for the elderly to wait for up to 12 hours or more in the A& E. This government invests 26 billion pounds in NHS and social welfare over the next two years, and the resident doctor has finished the employee strike on the front lines, and they are committed to cutting waiting times and patients until patients are seen quickly.
“Through our 10 -year health plan, we will ensure vision of patients, including the elderly, immediately in the A & E, and the waiting times continue to go down, and more people get the date of GP.”
