Sick patients have been forced to wait up to eight hours in ambulances queuing outside Accident & Emergency units amid a crisis in the system, reveals The Sunday Telegraph. Full story >>
VOCABULARY
In Britain, A&E is the part of a hospital that deals with accidents and emergencies. A&E is an abbreviation for `accident and emergency'. • Patient numbers at New Cross Hospital's A&E are set to soar by 50 per cent in the next decade.