sharon sanders
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A&E crisis: Portable oxygen running out as patient waits 99 hours for bed
Sunday January 01 2023, 12.01am, The Sunday Times
A patient was forced to wait 99 hours for a bed and a seriously ill child had to sleep on plastic chairs in A&E, it emerged this weekend as the full extent of the pressure the NHS is under became clear.
Record numbers of patients are being nursed in corridors in “grossly overcrowded” emergency departments. Dozens of NHS trusts have declared critical incidents in the past three days, with some forced to return to tactics last used at the height of the pandemic.
This has included widespread cancellation of operations, staff being redeployed to areas they are unfamiliar with and patients doubled up in cubicles and side rooms.
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...e?shareToken=f2d9105734d317b8215b62df4d3a81fc
Sunday January 01 2023, 12.01am, The Sunday Times
A patient was forced to wait 99 hours for a bed and a seriously ill child had to sleep on plastic chairs in A&E, it emerged this weekend as the full extent of the pressure the NHS is under became clear.
Record numbers of patients are being nursed in corridors in “grossly overcrowded” emergency departments. Dozens of NHS trusts have declared critical incidents in the past three days, with some forced to return to tactics last used at the height of the pandemic.
This has included widespread cancellation of operations, staff being redeployed to areas they are unfamiliar with and patients doubled up in cubicles and side rooms.
more....
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...e?shareToken=f2d9105734d317b8215b62df4d3a81fc