The NHS is bracing itself for the toughest winter in a decade

Not only is it treating more patients than ever before, but A&E performance in the UK has slumped to a 10-year low.  Almost one in ten patients visiting A&E are waiting for more than four hours, while the same proportion are waiting longer than 18 weeks to begin hospital treatment, the King’s Fund think-tank revealed […]

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The NHS is bracing itself for the toughest winter in a decade

Not only is it treating more patients than ever before, but A&E performance in the UK has slumped to a 10-year low.  Almost one in ten patients visiting A&E are waiting for more than four hours, while the same proportion are waiting longer than 18 weeks to begin hospital treatment, the King’s Fund think-tank revealed […]

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