End the A&E Crisis
Every week more than 30,000 people suffer degrading waits of over 12 hours in A&E in England. 1 in 5 patients were treated in trolleys or chairs in corridors.
Patients and hard-working NHS staff have been let down by both the Conservatives and Labour.
Liberal Democrats are demanding a new law to end 12 hour waits and hospital ‘corridor care’ within a year.
We'd give the Health Secretary a legal duty to ensure patients are admitted within 12 hours. And we'd invest in the NHS and social care to make 6,000 extra hospital beds available and end corridor care.