In an A and E department of a Liverpool hospital, people are lying in pain on the floor, waiting hours to be seen by a doctor
This is a daily reality of the NHS crisis
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This is a daily reality of the NHS crisis
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In Aintree Hospital, paramedics can be seen tending to patients inside the A and E because there is no one else available to do it
Those patients are lined up on rows of trolleys in the packed department
Those patients are lined up on rows of trolleys in the packed department
Outside the hospital there is a huge queue of ambulances, patients are being treated in the back of the vehicles because they cannot be brought into the hospital
Across the city at the Royal Liverpool Hospital things are just as bleak
There’s a 78-year-old man on a trolley in a corridor. He’s been there for two days and there is no sign of a bed being ready for him anytime soon
There’s a 78-year-old man on a trolley in a corridor. He’s been there for two days and there is no sign of a bed being ready for him anytime soon
Around the corner in the A and E waiting room there’s a man who has suffered a suspected stroke. He’s been sat in a chair for 24 hours
A woman near him is in so much pain she’s gone to her car to lie down because it’s marginally more comfortable.
A woman near him is in so much pain she’s gone to her car to lie down because it’s marginally more comfortable.
Over in Wirral at Arrowe Park Hospital and the situation is just as horrifying
One staff member who has worked in A and E for 17 years is quitting, he says 6 of his colleagues in the same department will leave at the same time
One staff member who has worked in A and E for 17 years is quitting, he says 6 of his colleagues in the same department will leave at the same time
“We are just completely overwhelmed. The A&E has capacity for around 60 patients and we are getting 150 now at any one time. There are four or five corridors with trolleys full of patients because there are no beds, it's just crazy, I have never seen it like this”
…We have patients having heart attacks who we don't have trolleys or beds for, so they are sat waiting in chairs. We are having to ration care, having to decide who gets the next trolley with 20-30 people waiting for it”
The hospital has activated its capacity protocol for 7 days in a row now, this means staff from other departments can be redeployed to try and help with the chaos in A and E. It's usually reserved for major incidents
As another doctor puts it: “Things have been bad for weeks and it feels like there’s no end in sight”
The NHS is in a total state of crisis, full story here:
liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…
The NHS is in a total state of crisis, full story here:
liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…
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