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Labour’s shadow health secretary,said: “I’m backing the Sun’s brilliant campaign and calling on the Government to do everything it can to bolster vaccination efforts to ease the pressure on hospitals.”
Essex medic Richard Webber, from the College of Paramedics, said his shift on Monday was one of the worst in his 30-year career. NHS bosses said London ambulance crews must now leave patients in A&E after a maximum wait of 45 minutes. The note, revealed by ITV News, said there are “significant amounts of time being lost” handing over — putting 999 waiters at risk.Nearly half of all A&E visitors now face waits of more than four hours to be treated.
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