Overcrowding and long delays in A&E caused over 4000 deaths last year in England, analysis shows
Gareth Iacobucci
Abstract
England had at least 4519 excess deaths in England in 2020-21 as a result of overcrowding and stays of 12 hours or longer in emergency departments, an analysis by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has found. The findings are given in a new report from the college into the extent of harm that crowding causes.1 The mortality figure was calculated from findings from the NHS’s Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme, which found that one in 67 patients staying in an emergency department for 12 hours came to excess harm, and hospital episode statistics (for 2020-21), which measure numbers of stays of 12 hours …
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