Numbers leaving A&E without treatment triples in six years

Soaring demand has led to ‘shocking’ rise in untreated patients leaving NHS emergency departments in England, data shows

The number of people in England walking out of A&E without treatment has tripled in the past six years, new figures show.

Analysis of NHS data by the Royal College of Nursing shows soaring demand for urgent hospital care and long waits has led to what it describes as a “shocking” rise in the number of patients leaving emergency departments untreated.