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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

Scale of A&E crisis laid bare as one in five patients treated in corridors or waiting rooms

One in five patients in need of urgent care are being treated in corridors with some patients waiting two days for a bed, according to a new study.

Research has exposed the scale of the UK’s A&E crisis revealing that the “shameful practice of corridor care is endemic” and has become “routine”.

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