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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Jacob Phillips

Patients forced to wait up to six days for a hospital bed at London hospitals

London patients were forced to wait up to six days for a hospital bed last year, figures from the Liberal Democrats have revealed.

At least 5,686 A&E visits in the capital last year saw patients wait 24 hours of more for a hospital bed, with people aged 65 or over accounting for two-thirds of cases.

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