Nearly half patients now have to wait four hours or more before being treated and discharged in A&E.
NHS leaders are warning that the health service is facing the "brutal reality" of an Easter as bad as most winters.
The 87-year-old then spent the next 31 hours on a trolley between the emergency department and a secondary-care unit. "There were patients on ambulance trolleys literally everywhere and the staff were absolutely rushed off their feet. I remember thinking at the time that this is not sustainable."But nationally, it's in emergency departments that the pressure on the NHS is most visible at the moment.
Around one in 10 patients had to wait more than 12 hours, the highest level since the data was first collected in 2015. Rising numbers have spent hours waiting on trolleys and in cubicles because there is no room in the hospital itself. Earlier this week, Matthew Taylor, from the NHS Confederation, which speaks for healthcare providers in England, told BBC Breakfast: "The brutal reality for staff and patients is that this Easter in the NHS is as bad as any winter."
"What is needed is realism on what the NHS can achieve and how quickly, given the immediate pressure it is under."Ambulances parked outside hospitals have become an increasingly familiar sight
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