Half a million lay on hospital trolleys for 12 hours or more in 2024

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Half a million lay on hospital trolleys for 12 hours or more in 2024
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The rate is 400 times higher than the 1,306 reported a decade ago in 2015 and comes amid a major shortage of beds which is preventing staff moving new arrivals on to wards

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