31,000 people sit for over 12 hours in A&E waiting rooms: no dignity, no privacy and broken faith in the NHS
A Liberal Democrat Freedom of Information request has revealed that in 2025, over 31,000 people have sat in A&E waiting rooms for over 12 hours, including 2,309 people over 75. 5,306 people have been forced to wait in a hospital chair for over 24 hours, w