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The shocking state of the county's A&E waiting times have been raised with the Prime Minister.<br/>The situation has seen 14,524 people waiting for more than 24 hours at A&Es in Telford and Shrewsbury in 2023 – compared to just 597 in 2019.<br/>Those figures, which came from a Liberal Democrat Freedom of Information request, also showed that in 2023 more than 10,000 of those waiting over 24 hours were pensioners.
The shocking state of the county's A&E waiting times have been raised with the Prime Minister.<br/>The situation has seen 14,524 people waiting for more than 24 hours at A&Es in Telford and Shrewsbury in 2023 – compared to just 597 in 2019.<br/>Those figures, which came from a Liberal Democrat Freedom of Information request, also showed that in 2023 more than 10,000 of those waiting over 24 hours were pensioners.
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