BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 13:06:00
Because they cannot hand over patients because a&e units are overcrowded with delays. let's look at the latest stats for october. in england on a&e, 30.7% had to wait more than four hours in a&e before being treated or assessed. that is a record high, about the same as figures for scotland and wales but northern ireland was a bit higher. so what about planned treatment, waiting for operations and nonurgent procedures? that waiting list has gone up again in england to seven point zero 7 million another record high waiting for treatment. again, an indication of the strain on the stress across di...