Alarm as thousands of patients in England waited over three days for treatment in A&E last year

More than 13,000 patients endured waits exceeding three days in England’s emergency departments last year, a new analysis has revealed.

Data from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found 493,751 patients spent over 24 hours in A&E before admission, transfer, or discharge last year. Of these, 13,386 waited at least three days.