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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

Charity warns against normalising ‘outrage’ of 12 hour waits in hospital A&E departments

Ambulances waiting at an A&E department

(Picture: PA Wire)

London patients must not "normalise" the "outrage" of 12-hour waits for treatment in A&E, a charity has warned.

John Maingay, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the British Heart Foundation (BHF), said "systemic changes" were needed to NHS emergency care as figures revealed that nearly 10,000 Londoners waited over 12 hours to be admitted to A&E in December.

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