{"id":1358,"date":"2018-12-13T17:01:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T17:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2019-04-02T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T09:50:00","slug":"patient-care-risk-nhs-winter-crisis-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/patient-care-risk-nhs-winter-crisis-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Care at Risk as NHS Winter Crisis Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though the worst of the winter is yet to arrive, NHS hospitals are already facing over-crowding, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 95% of NHS beds are already occupied despite the target of bed occupancy rising no higher than 85% to allow for emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>Accident &#038; Emergency units are already diverting ambulances due to lack of capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Judging by previous recent winters, the demands on the NHS over the coming months are likely to increase, putting the quality of care at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Last winter, numerous operations had to be cancelled and treatment postponed due to overwhelming demand in comparison with limited capacity and shortage of staff.<\/p>\n<p>Speak to a solicitor<\/p>\n<p>If you or a loved one are suffering with severe, long-term effects due to a significant failing n medical care, contact us to talk to a specialist medical negligence solicitor. <\/p>\n<p>It may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.<\/p>\n<p>Please call us on <a href=\"tel:0800 234 3300\">0800 234 3300<\/a> (or from a mobile <a href=\"tel:01275 334030\">01275 334030<\/a>) or complete our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/free-claim-enquiry-mn.php\"><strong>Online Enquiry Form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/free-claim-enquiry-mn.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/images\/FreeClaims-top.gif\" alt=\"Free enquiry\" width=\"199\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though the worst of the winter is yet to arrive, NHS hospitals are already facing over-crowding, according to the BBC. Nearly 95% of NHS beds are already occupied despite the target of bed occupancy rising no higher than 85% to allow for emergencies. Accident &#038; Emergency units are already diverting ambulances due to lack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[987],"tags":[188,988],"class_list":["post-1358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nhs-pressures","tag-nhs-bed-shortage","tag-nhs-winter-crisis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1359,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/revisions\/1359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}