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A surge in ?bed-blocking? due to delays in discharging patients also means the number of bed days lost rose by 5,600 to 75,297
The number of patients enduring more than a four-hour wait at A&E has soared to a shocking 521,651.
Official figures covering the last 30 weeks show an increase of 103,254 on the same period last year, sparking warnings of a winter crisis for the NHS.
And since April this year, a total of 87,186 patients have been forced to wait for at least four hours on a trolley before getting treatment ? up 26,542 on the same 30-week period last year.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-faces-winter-crisis-after-2670314
The number of patients enduring more than a four-hour wait at A&E has soared to a shocking 521,651.
Official figures covering the last 30 weeks show an increase of 103,254 on the same period last year, sparking warnings of a winter crisis for the NHS.
And since April this year, a total of 87,186 patients have been forced to wait for at least four hours on a trolley before getting treatment ? up 26,542 on the same 30-week period last year.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-faces-winter-crisis-after-2670314