A Birmingham nurse speaks out about the dire conditions in A&E departments, highlighting excruciating wait times, staff shortages, and the emotional toll on healthcare workers.
A Birmingham nurse, who did not want to be named, said she had seen 90-year-old women who had to wait for beds for 24 hours.The Birmingham nurse told the BBC the waiting time for patients was more than 14 hours. On some shifts she had seen 50 patients waiting for beds.The nurse, who did not want to be named, said the prime minister should 'sit in the A&E waiting room for 12 hours and see what we have to go through'.'The waiting time was over 14 hours and it's just horrendous.
' She said her shifts included seeing 90-year-old women waiting for beds for 24 hours, young people who said they were suicidal, and people collapsing in the waiting room.Many hospitals have cited high numbers of flu patients as one source of pressure this winter, with NHS chiefs issuing a warning.The nurse said her teams were short-staffed and many staff members were doing 12-hour shifts with no break, prompting 'a lot of people' to consider resigning. 'There's like 50 patients waiting for beds. They keep coming saying: 'Where's the bed? Where's the bed?' What do you say to these patients?' she said.Politicians should spend proper time in A&E departments, instead of just visiting to 'have a photograph with a couple of nurses,' she said. She added: 'Keir Starmer needs to come to an A&E and, instead of walking on a ward with all these matrons, he needs to sit in the A&E waiting room for 12 hours and see what we have to go through. In the NHS, an organisation declares a critical incident when it cannot deliver critical services due to high levels of disruption. Mask wearing returns for visitors at Kent hospital. Critical incident declared by NHS trust
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