Acute care

Emergency waits rise alongside savings target struggle

By 2012-05-31T00:00:00

King's Fund chief economist on health policy John Appleby

The number of patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency has increased by 26 per cent in the past year, according to the King’s Fund.

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