Greater Manchester faces 'highest number of A&E patients ever' as crisis talks begin on 'any chance of getting through winter'
The region’s major hospitals are already bracing for winter chaos. Greater Manchester’s NHS could see ‘the highest number of patients in A&E ever’, according to one hospital trust chief.
READ MORE:'An act of love to end her suffering' - Judge's words as man walks free from court after cutting wife's throat That results in a lack of hospital beds being available to people coming to hospital via ambulance or through A&E themselves. "[Being] medically fit for discharge has a consequential impact on the deterioration of these patients and the potential to exacerbate future harms [to the patients], pressure ulcers [in hospitals], et cetera.”
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