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Britain's emergency rooms overwhelmed amid funding cuts, flu season
By Eric DuVall | Updated Jan. 7, 2017 at 3:44 PM
LONDON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Emergency rooms across England are filled beyond capacity after years of government spending cuts combined with the winter cold season, which has caused a "humanitarian crisis" according to the Red Cross, which has stepped in to help in several communities.
Experts said Britain's National Health Service is underfunded after cuts made under the austerity government of former Prime Minister David Cameron had a wide impact on the health care system. In-home care and nursing homes that helped alleviate the burden on emergency rooms bore the brunt of funding cuts. Now, many of those elderly patients without other options are turning up at hospitals, overwhelming a system meant to deal with severe injuries and illnesses...
Britain's emergency rooms overwhelmed amid funding cuts, flu season
By Eric DuVall | Updated Jan. 7, 2017 at 3:44 PM
LONDON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Emergency rooms across England are filled beyond capacity after years of government spending cuts combined with the winter cold season, which has caused a "humanitarian crisis" according to the Red Cross, which has stepped in to help in several communities.
Experts said Britain's National Health Service is underfunded after cuts made under the austerity government of former Prime Minister David Cameron had a wide impact on the health care system. In-home care and nursing homes that helped alleviate the burden on emergency rooms bore the brunt of funding cuts. Now, many of those elderly patients without other options are turning up at hospitals, overwhelming a system meant to deal with severe injuries and illnesses...
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