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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas

UNCOVERED: Doctors warn hospitals not coping as study links a e waits to deaths | History Defined

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Hospitals are not able to cope with current pressures, senior doctors have warned, as a new study links long A&E waits to an increased risk of death.

Patients waiting more than five hours within an emergency department are at an increased risk of dying, according to a study published in the Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ).

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