Patients are waiting 24 HOURS in A&E to be admitted to hospital, analysis shows [Video]

MORE than 100,000 Brits aged over 65 waited at least 24 hours in A&E to be admitted to NHS hospitals last year, analysis shows.

Two thirds of people waiting in pain for more than a day were elderly or vulnerable and 24-hour waits were ten times as high as in 2019.

Senior MPs warned the figures show a health service that is “teetering on the brink” after “reckless damage” done by the Government.

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said: “It is appalling that so many elderly and vulnerable people are being forced to put up with these terrifying waits.

“Behind each one of these figures is a story of someone waiting in pain, worried sick about getting the care they need.

“We desperately need more hospital beds and a long-term solution to the social care crisis, to end these devastating A&E …