Waiting six hours in A&E before being admitted can raise your risk of dying, study warns

Waiting six hours in A&E before being admitted can raise your risk of dying, study warns Waiting at least six hours in A&E before being admitted to hospital can raise your risk of dying by almost 10 per cent, a damning report suggests. 

NHS targets state 95 per cent of patients should be seen within four hours when they attend casualty units. However, the health service has continually failed to meet its goal. The Daily Mail

See also: 

• Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality (open access) Emergency Medicine Journal
• Doctors warn hospitals ‘not coping’ as study links A&E waits to deaths The Independent