Road safety: Rise in deaths in Africa reflects inadequate laws and enforcement, WHO finds
Africa has a disproportionately high burden of road traffic deaths when compared with the rest…
Category: Emergency medicine
Flooding and climate denialism are harming millions of people in southern Brazil
Brazil has experienced several environmental disasters over the past decade, and in May it experienced…
A&E doctor who altered notes after failing to check patient&x2019;s blood results before discharge is struck off
A doctor who discharged a patient from a hospital’s accident and emergency department without reviewing…
Emergency medicine: Government’s plan won’t avert crisis this winter, leader warns
Hospitals could see ambulances queuing outside emergency departments and patients lined up in beds in…
Locum emergency consultant is struck off for series of missed diagnoses
A locum consultant in emergency medicine has been struck off the UK medical register for…
Inside Ukraine’s medical preparation for the new counteroffensive
“In the American army, critically injured troops are rescued within the hour. On our front…
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Ambulance trusts declare critical incidents amid “unprecedented” and “sustained” pressure
Three ambulance trusts in England have declared critical incidents this week as the NHS struggles…
Around 11 000 ambulances are waiting more than an hour at A&E every week, analysis finds
The number of patients having to wait in ambulances outside hospitals in England for more…
A&E: Move patients to wards regardless of bed capacity, to spread risk, says royal college
A “continuous flow model” of care whereby patients are transferred from the emergency department into…
David Oliver: Handling complaints with realism and fairness to staff
From the launch of Channel 4 television in 1982, a programme called Right to Reply…