A&E

American

Trademark.

Arts and Entertainment: a cable television channel.

A & E British

abbreviation

Accident and Emergency (department in hospitals)

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"Waiting lists are the lowest they've been in three years, more patients in A&E are seen within four hours than for four years, and ambulance response times are the fastest for five years," Streeting said.

From BBC

"Working in A&E is really hard. It was hard work planning it and the trains are not cheap."

From BBC

Working busy shifts in a central London A&E department, commuting four hours to and from rural Wales... all while pregnant.

From BBC

Georgie was working in a busy A&E during the Covid pandemic when she was evicted from her flat.

From BBC

That could mean providing some form of dental A&E for emergency cases, perhaps alongside free routine care for children and those on very low incomes.

From BBC

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