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More than 800,000 patients were forced to go to hospital last year because they failed to get a doctor’s appointment.
The influx heaped pressure on stretched A&E units, with almost a million people waiting more than four hours for treatment.
It comes ahead of a major speech by Labour leader Ed Miliband tomorrow on the crisis facing GPs and emergency departments.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-crisis-more-800000-patients-3523392
The influx heaped pressure on stretched A&E units, with almost a million people waiting more than four hours for treatment.
It comes ahead of a major speech by Labour leader Ed Miliband tomorrow on the crisis facing GPs and emergency departments.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-crisis-more-800000-patients-3523392