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Half a million patients left waiting on hospital trolleys for 12 hours or more
More than half a million people spent 12 hours or more on a hospital trolley waiting for an NHS bed last year.
The waiting times are the worst since figures began, with 10 times as many people enduring the delay than did 10 years ago. Policy experts warned the figures showed how bad things have got for emergency services.
Trolley waits occur when patients are left waiting for hospital beds after being admitted from A&E. It often leaves patients to be treated - and in extreme cases dying - in hospital corridors.
In 2025 there were 554,018 people were left waiting for more than 12 hours - an increase of 36,000 (7%) on the year before. Such figures were unheard of until very recently.
Just 48,626 patients were waiting more than 12 hours in 2021. Figures rose sharply in 2022 - due to a multitude of reasons, including the COVID pandemic and lack of resources.
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey MP branded the situation a "national emergency.
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