Almost half of elderly A&E patients not treated within nine-hour timeframe

Almost half of all elderly patients are not being treated within the HSE's own targeted timeframes for emergency departments. 

New data on emergency departments shows that just 53% of patients aged over 75 years were either admitted to hospital or discharged within the targeted nine-hour timeframe. 

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