The study’s authors estimated that there was probably one excess death for every 72 patients who spent between 8 and 12 hours in emergency departments, according to Sky News.
As a result, more than 250 patients a week in England could have died last year because of the very long wait for a place on the ward.
The strategy of the authorities in the medical field establishes that 76% of emergency patients must be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. However, the target could not be reached due to the problems facing the medical system in England.
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