General Article Patients blocking A&E with minor ailments? Here’s what’s probably going on

Topic Selected: National Health Book Volume: 471

Picture a busy A&E department on a winter evening. Among the emergencies – heart attacks, broken bones, severe injuries – sits someone with a sore throat. Another with an ingrown toenail. Last winter in England, over 200,000 people turned up to em...

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