January 24, 2024 6.00 pm This story is over 5 months old

What went wrong? Over half of Lincolnshire A&E patients waited more than 4 hours last year

Number of patients waiting hours at A&E have skyrocketed in Lincolnshire
| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
By Local Democracy Reporter

Over 80,000 patients attending Lincolnshire A&E departments waited at least four hours for treatment last year, while almost 10,000 experienced an over 12-hour wait, troubling data reveals.

Stories of long waits at Accident & Emergency departments emerge frequently up and down the country, and no less so here in Lincolnshire.

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