in waited over 30 minutes. joining me now is dr denise langhor, emergency medicine lead at the british medical association. good afternoon to you, why is the situation being brought about? 50. situation being brought about? so, eve ear situation being brought about? srr, every year now situation being brought about? 557, every year now for situation being brought about? 5513, every year now for the situation being brought about? 5r3, every year now for the last few years, we ve experienced what we call winter pressures within our emergency departments and hospitals. what the situation means by that is that when hospitals are full and patients arrive to the emergency department, they get stuck in the a&e on a trolley waiting for an available hospital bed. when the a&e department becomes full, then the next patients arriving that we want to get into cubicles unfortunately, it means we might not have space for them and that s where we get the situation we become familiar with in the new
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