A&E waiting times reach nine-year high
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Figures from the King’s Fund show that nearly six per cent of patients waited for four hours or longer in accident and emergency in the final quarter of last year.
Waiting times for accident and emergency patients reach a nine-year high, according to latest figures.
The monitoring report from the King’s Fund showed that in the final quarter of 2012/2013, 5.9 per cent of patients (313,000 people) waited for four hours or longer in A&E – the highest level since 2004.
This is an increase of more th...
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