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NHS winter crisis: 'My mum died after four days on an A&E trolley'

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Mary Lamerton spent the last four days of her life on a trolley in A&E in Brighton .

Daughter Sue describes her mother as the "lynchpin" of the family.

The 86-year-old was placed in a side-room as she had flu and staff wanted to reduce the risk of infection.

She died on New Year's Day after spending four days lying on trolley.

Stories like hers playing out in hospitals as NHS battles intense winter pressures.

VR Score

70

Informative language

62

Neutral language

98

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

33

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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