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NHS England figures showed the January total - equivalent to more than 15% of all patients admitted via A&E - is more than ...

A senior medic has warned Scotland's NHS "can't go on like this" and called for reducing waiting times to be a "political ...

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More than half of patients in most West Midland hospitals who are fit to go home remain in hospital, new figures reveal.

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