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Long wait times Letterkenny University Hospital ED and some surgery postponed

Patients planning on attending the Emergency Department (ED) at Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) are advised that long wait times are likely. The service is extremely busy, and the situation is exacerbated with a rise in Covid-19 patients. Some ...

27 Aug 2024 at 11:33

Emergency departments in ‘big trouble’ as corridor care ‘normalised’ – expert

There should be “howls of outrage” about deaths linked to long emergency department waits, a leading medic has said, as he warned that corridor care in NHS hospitals has been “normalised” among patients, staff and health leaders. Dr Ian Higginson, ...

30 Dec 2025 at 07:24

Scotland

Best December in A&E since pandemic, figures show

Scotland’s emergency departments had their best December since the pandemic, figures show. Statistics released by Public Health Scotland show 67% of patients were seen within the four-hour target time in the last month of 2025. That figure is ...

03 Feb 2026 at 12:23

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