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2025 set to be worst year on record for 'degrading' 12 hour A&E waits
- Record 12-hour trolley waits in NHS A&E for 2025 winter, with 452,595 such waits in ten months.
- Health officials warn winter will worsen pressures and more patients may die without system changes.
- Dr. Ian Higginson says hospitals must free up capacity by discharging patients medically fit to go home.
- Labour and government figures blame each other as NHS winter planning intensifies.
- NHS faces longer-term pressures from early flu season and higher demand for beds.
- Royal College of Emergency Medicine chief warns of 'breaking point' in A&E waiting times.
- NHS calls for more staffed beds and better discharge planning to free capacity.
- Breaching time limits has become a stark reality for many NHS patients this winter.
- NHS 450 million funding pledge cited as part of urgent care plan.
- Experts urge political consensus to address Emergency Care crises.
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