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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Matthew Dresch

A&E doctor reveals patient spent 12 hours in hospital waiting room before dying

With a shortage of beds, flu season in full swing and strikes by staff, hospital emergency departments are facing their worst-ever winter crisis.

Cash-strapped and stressed out, nurses and ambulance crews have already been out on picket lines.

And on February 6, ambulance staff, emergency care assistants, nurses and call handlers will strike as unions Unite, GMB and the Royal College of Nurses stage action.

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