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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jane Dalton

Hunger-driven A&E admissions spiral amid cost-of-living crisis

Hungry patients are overwhelming NHS emergency departments at unprecedented levels, researchers claim.

Admissions to hospital Accident and Emergency (A&E) units because of hunger have more than tripled, rising by nearly 219 per cent in five years, figures suggest.

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