Trusts admit emergency patients at last minute

The number of patients dealt with in the last 20 minutes of the four hour accident and emergency target window has increased to more than 40 per cent.

Source: Alamy

The number of patients dealt with in the last 20 minutes of the four hour accident and emergency target window has increased to more than 40 per cent, a group of emergency care doctors have found.

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