Brits urged to 'go to A&E alone' as patients forced to wait up to 50 hours in critical incidents

Mădălina Grigore

Patients have been told to go to A&E alone amidst NHS services in crisis. Rising winter flu cases have left some emergency departments overwhelmed, with several hospital trusts declaring critical incidents due to "exceptionally high demands". One patient faced an agonising wait of more than two days - some 50 hours - to be admitted to a ward. One hospital trust in Yorkshire meanwhile has asked anyone needing hospital treatment to turn up alone. York and Scarborough Teach Hospitals NHS Trust,

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