TomNorton commented Patients are pushing A&E to limit as waiting times sky-rocket

Time-wasters are pushing Nottingham's busy A&E department to breaking point, according to health experts. The trust that runs the emergency department at Queen's Medical Centre has recorded its worst waiting time results in almost a decade – with nearly a quarter of patients hanging around for more than four hours to be seen by a medic. But as waiting rooms fill up, hospital bosses and doctors are calling on patients to only go to A&E if they are seriously ill – and use...