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Overcrowding in UK A&E depts and treating patients in corridors linked to hundreds of deaths.
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Delayed care leads to premature deaths
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Overcrowding in A&E linked to 'hundreds of deaths a week', study finds
A review of more than 19,000 adult patients found that for every 10% increase in emergency department occupancy, the chance of dying in the following 28 days increased by 1%.