By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-09 13:27:42 | Updated at 2025-01-09 22:43:07
9 hours ago
British hospitals at breaking point this winter
BBC ^ | BBC
Posted on 01/09/2025 5:21:27 AM PST by RandFan
As winter pressures mount on the NHS, hospitals are buckling as they try to cope with long admission waits and bed shortages.
The BBC's Hugh Pym spent two days in A&E at Warwick Hospital where management declared a critical incident, with some staff describing the period as "one of the worst" they'd known.
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust said it had experienced "some of the highest" attendances it had ever seen at the emergency department in the past week.
Patients have been warned to expect long waiting times while medical staff offer treatment.
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The BBC interviewed the staff at this hospital and the ER doctor said "it's a rubbish service" !
Flu season is particularly bad they say and Patients waiting days for a bed. Awful.
1 posted on 01/09/2025 5:21:27 AM PST by RandFan
To: RandFan
It will get worse, as I recall the government system is considered acceptable as long as the wait time is under 18 weeks, yes 18 weeks!
2 posted on 01/09/2025 5:23:34 AM PST by Skwor
To: RandFan
Another disaster of their own making
3 posted on 01/09/2025 5:26:09 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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