Record 518,000 patients faced trolley waits of 12 hours or more in A&E last year, shock figures show

A RECORD 518,000 patients faced trolley waits of 12 hours or more in A&E last year, shock figures show.

Data also reveals a 25 per cent increase in the rate of the half-day waits for beds compared to 2023.

Wes Streeting’s department insisted it is taking action, saying: ‘It will take time to fix our broken NHS, but it can be done’Elliott Franks A record 518,000 patients faced trolley waits of 12 hours or more in A&E last year, shock figures show

And the situation now dwarfs that in 2019...