NHS in crisis: How long are A&E, ambulance and hospital waiting lists in your area? Use our gadget to find out
The NHS in Greater Manchester is mired by strikes; a 'twindemic' of flu and Covid; collapsing social care; and more emergency department attendances than ever before.
Making matters worse, social care resources are spread so thinly that hundreds of medically fit patients ready for discharge cannot be sent home for 'weeks' at a time, as there will be no help to keep them safe and monitor them when they leave hospital. This has created a severe bed shortage, meaning there is no room left for patients coming through A&E and being brought in by ambulances - prompting huge queues of blue light vehicles.
Meanwhile, 75 per cent of trusts failed to meet their A&E waiting time targets in December. And a total of 155 out of 168 trusts in England failed to meet their waiting list targets in November.All ambulance services in England are failing to meet their category one and two response time targets. In our area category three calls are responded to in an average of 5 hours 16 minutes, compared to a national average of 4 hours 19 minutes, while category four calls are responded to in an average of 6 hours 14 minutes compared to a national average of 4 hours 35 minutes.All of the trusts in Greater Manchester failed to meet their A&E waiting time targets in December.Across England, just 65 per cent were processed in that time.
“It’s important that the public know that the NHS is there for them when they are unwell, particularly with more strike action planned for the coming week. The best way to help us cope with this pressure and ensure you are treated as quickly as possible, is to consider which NHS service is best for you.
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