Hospital accident and emergency wards are in crisis as the supply of doctors fails to keep pace with demand for them in A&E departments according to medics’ representatives. The warning from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine came as an A&E in the east Midlands announced it may have to temporarily close its doors at night owing to a national shortage of emergency doctors. Management at ULHT said they were looking to reduce A&E hours because the department was facing a severe shortage of doctors. The quality and safety of patient care is the trust’s number one priority and we haven’t rested on our laurels. United Lincolnshire hospitals NHS trust (ULHT) said that a “crisis point” had been reached and patients’ lives could be put at risk if action was not taken at Grantham and District hospital.

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2016 22:52 UTC