The figure is around 4,000 more than 2021 and 5,500 more than in 2019, the data shows. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine previously said 23,000 'excess patient deaths' may have occurred partly due to A&E delays in England in 2022.
targets say 95% of people in A&E should be seen within four hours. Labour claims this target has not been hit since 2015.
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said:"People turning to the NHS in an emergency should know they will be seen and treated before it's too late. The Conservatives' failure over 13 years to properly staff or reform the NHS has a cost in lives.Advertisement Health minister Maria Caulfield said:"The uncomfortable truth is where Labour are in power, the NHS is worse.
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