More than 100-thousand people over the age of 65 faced waits of up to three days in A-and-E in 2025.

Age UK says elderly patients remained in corridors, until a hospital bed became free.

St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey declared a Critical Incident last week due to severe pressure, which was stood down three days later.

This time last year, Rowena Halle, who’s in her 70s, revealed she’d spent two days being treated on a chair.

BA: NHS England’s set a March target for 78 percent of patients to be admitted, discharged or transferred within four hours.