go from accident emergency onto a ward if they need a hospital bed, and the bbc found through lots of research than more than of people are having to wait more than four hours for that process which is breaching the government target so that has been a big story today and we thought that would give us an opportunity to talk about life in hospital at the moment and be adjoined by doctor maddock in brighton and she is vice president at the college of emergency medicine and a consultant in the emergency department. hello, doctor maddock. department. hello, doctor maddock-— department. hello, doctor maddock. ., ~ ., ., maddock. thank you for having me. maddock. thank you for having me- thank _ maddock. thank you for having me. thank you _ maddock. thank you for having me. thank you for _ maddock. thank you for having me. thank you for coming - maddock. thank you for having me. thank you for coming on. | maddock. thank you for having l me. thank you for coming on. it does not — me. thank you for coming on. it does not sound _ me. thank you for coming on. it does not sound like _ me. thank you for coming on. it does not sound like a _ me. thank you for coming on. it does not sound like a great - does not sound like a great time to get ill at the moment. unfortunately it's been like this in the emergency department for a very, very long time. we are certainly seeing the winter starting to kick off and so there is a lot more illness around. but unfortunately the state of emergency departments has been like this for years now and we have been calling for more support through staffing, through more beds, more social care, unfortunately we have not seen any results.

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