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                Every two minutes a patient with a psychiatric emergency attends hospital, where they are as twice as likely as others to wait 12 hours for treatment
            
        
    
    
            INVESTIGATION π¨ Every 2 minutes a patient in mental health crisis goes to A&E, where they are twice as likely to wait over 12 hours
Lauren waited six days in A&E to get a bed when experiencing psychosis 
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