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More than 1,000 deaths linked to A&E waits in Northern Ireland as system branded a “catastrophe”

Summary by Love Ballymena
Antrim Area Hospital ED, and Ballee Cemetery, Ballymena More than 1,000 people in Northern Ireland are estimated to have died in 2025 after waiting 12 hours or more in Emergency Departments, according to a major new report warning the system is no longer functioning safely. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) said 1,032 excess deaths  were associated with long waits last year — the equivalent of almost 20 lives lost every week  — as p…
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Love Ballymena broke the news on Sunday, April 19, 2026.
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