LONDON, April 1 (Xinhua) — It was estimated that there were about 14,000 excess deaths in 2023 related to 12-hour-long-or-more waits in the accident and emergency (A&E) units in the United Kingdom (UK), according to a research result released here on Monday.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) made the research, using a method called the Standard Mortality Ratio, which calculates that there will be one additional death for every 72 patients that experience an eight-to-twelve-hour wait prior to their admission.
It revealed that more than 1.5 million patients waited 12 hours or more in 2023, and estimated that an average of over 268 patients died each week due to waits of 12 hours or longer.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 