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Davey warns ’10 days to save NHS’ as figures show long waits for A&E admission

Source: PA Wire

Senior medics warned of a “shameful, shocking” and “dangerous” situation for patients attending England’s A&E departments as figures showed almost 440,000 patients waited 12 hours or more to be admitted last year.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) said patients were being forced to wait for hours or “even days” on

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