“I will estimate that by the time I go home in the morning at eight o’clock, some of you will still be here waiting for a doctor.” NHS
taken in the waiting room at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, on Monday, which shows a nurse spelling out the situation her staff were currently facing.
“Our current wait time for a doctor is seven-and-a-half hours,” she explained. “I will estimate that by the time I go home in the morning at eight o’clock, some of you will still be here waiting for a doctor, because the wait will get up to 12 or 13 hours, I will expect that. Some NHS staff have even been sharing their own experiences in light of the video, painting a picture of a service which is constantly struggling to meet demand.from a doctor. “My hospital had an eight-hour wait and patients waiting in A&E for a bed for 19 hours+ At the START OF SUMMER. Not winter. SUMMER. When bed pressures are meant to be at their lowest. When will we admit the NHS is irretrievably broken?”. “I just finished two long days in the ED [emergency department].
Javid went on to say that the government was investing “record amounts” into sectors of the NHS such as ambulance trusts, the 111 calling service and A&E facilities across the country.Mental health: “It took me 8 months to get adequate mental health support – don’t tell me the NHS isn’t facing a crisis”
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