I’m an A&E doctor. This is how we’re forced to let our patients down | Anonymous

On a typical shift, I hurry down corridors jammed with screaming and crying patients. This crisis was the predictable result of government decisions

I’ve arrived five minutes early for my shift in a hospital A&E department. I walk through the corridor behind the department, already crammed with hospital trolleys. I shut them out of my mind. I’ve still got five minutes of breathing space before they become my immediate reality.

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Continue reading... January 05, 2018 at 03:30PM