The NHS has rejected claims it is facing a “humanitarian crisis” as it deals with winter pressures after it emerged that two patients had died on trolleys in one accident and emergency department in the last week.
The Red Cross said it had stepped in to help the NHS in England deal with the increased demand put on the service over the colder months. The charity’s chief executive, Mike Adamson, said extra cash was needed for health and social care to make the system sustainable.
“The British Red Cross is on the front line, responding to the humanitarian crisis in our hospital and ambulance services across the country,” he said. “We have been called in to support the NHS and help get people home from hospital and free up much-needed beds.”
Keith Willett, director of acute care for NHS England, said the health service had worked with the charity over recent winters, funding and supporting its “excellent service at home and ambulance service”.
“But on the international scale of a humanitarian crisis, I do not think the NHS is at that point,” Willett said.
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NHS boss rejects claim of "humanitarian crisis" in hospitals
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