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PASSPORT · WHAT THIS ROOM DID

Why does A&E make people wait for hours?

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structuresobstacles
opened08 Sep 2026
who answered30 people in 2 group(s) · participant: 30
wrote blindnot recorded
claims34 written, 20 structured
links certified32
rooms on this question3 · counts toward the shared map
decided at75% of the votes cast
sealedno
What it rests on
  • Beds are full because nobody can be discharged
  • Nobody has ever asked me what would have kept me away
  • The form asks questions I cannot answer about my own body
  • The GP said six weeks and it has been five months
What it could not settle
Published as contested, never recorded as a no.
  • none: every pair the room reached was settled
What was predicted to follow
Written after the map settled. Nobody voted on it.
  • Tell people the expected wait, and update it — expected: people know what they are waiting for and how long — due 23 Jan 2027

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