英国医生警告严冬危机, 指出A & E部门经费不足且负担过重,
UK doctors warn of severe winter crisis, citing underfunded and overburdened A&E departments.
英国的紧急医生警告说,在负担过重的A&E部门,冬季危机严重。
UK emergency doctors warn of a severe winter crisis in overburdened A&E departments.
对83名医生的调查显示,94%的人害怕病人由于条件差而面临危险。
A survey of 83 medics shows that 94% fear patients are at risk due to poor conditions.
只有13%的人相信他们的部门能应付冬天,41%的人比去年感到准备不足。
Only 13% are confident their departments can handle the winter, and 41% feel less prepared than last year.
皇家紧急医学院院长Adrian Boyle博士强调,需要额外资金增加床位数量,改善社会护理,以减轻医院的压力。
Dr. Adrian Boyle, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, stresses the need for additional funding to increase bed numbers and improve social care to ease hospital pressures.