Claim: A mental health patient waited 36 days in A&E; at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.
Fact-check: A patient did not wait in A&E for 36 days - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not correct. the trust has confirmed that the patient left a&e and then returned the following month. some patients have waited several days at other trusts however.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2023-09-01T00:00:00