‘Breaking point’: fears over lack of intensive care beds for children
Exclusive: critically ill children rushed to units across England as NHS struggles to find beds
Critically ill children are being rushed from one part of England to another because NHS hospitals are running short of intensive care beds in which to treat them, the Guardian can reveal.
An increase in severe breathing problems in children driven by winter viruses and infections, including flu, means some are having to be transferred sometimes many miles from their home area because there are not enough paediatric intensive care (PICU) beds locally.