25% of UK patients avoid A&E due to long wait times, and 18,638 faced over 3-day waits, increasing 60% from the previous year.
25% of patients in the UK avoid A&E due to long wait times, according to a Liberal Democrat survey. 18,638 people faced waits over three days in casualty between April 2023 and March 2024, a 60% increase from the previous year. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine estimates that over 250 patients a week could be dying unnecessarily due to long A&E waits in England. The Liberal Democrats propose an emergency fund to reverse ambulance station closures, add 1,000 staffed beds to NHS, and improve A&E facilities.
August 26, 2024
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