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Hospital doctors' urge politicians to stop patient deaths from A&E waits

EMERGENCY care doctors have called for political action over the “very real” risks to patients from long waits in A&E.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said that such delays are a “national scandal,” causing “entirely preventable” deaths.

Elderly people are in the greatest danger, the college said, following a snapshot survey this week of more than a quarter of emergency department heads across Britain.

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