Shocking photos expose NHS in crisis - sick patients lie head to toe on trolleys as doctors despair

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18th January 2024 - The Mirror

Walking through broken automatic doors into A&E at Epsom Hospital, there were patients everywhere.​ Some were on beds behind curtains but three lay on trolleys in a line directly in front of the reception desk. In fact there wasn’t space to stand before you received a polite request to move and let another trolley past.

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NHS England data published on Thursday showed that last week was the busiest yet for the NHS this winter. Dr Davies said: “This is not the care we want to be providing – this is just getting through the day.

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“It’s a huge infection risk having people in this close proximity. Some patients will have been moved four, five or six times so we get people into spaces. You’re asking staff to do constant risk assessments and it’s exhausting. You look at this and you think, it’s not the level of care I’d want for my family.”