'As we come in to winter, the hospital A and E is basically on its knees'
There are 100 people awaiting treatment at Royal Blackburn Hospital casualty department, its emergency medicine director has revealed.
He told the authority’s policy council last week: “As we come in to winter, the hospital A and E is basically on its knees. It’s full every night. There are people on trolleys every night, We can’t get beds in the hospital to get them out of A and E. If we suddenly have a surged in Covid I hate to think what state the hospital will be in.”
Dr Robertson said: “We often have up to 100 people waiting for treatment within our emergency department and prioritising the most urgent conditions can mean extremely long waits for less serious injuries or illnesses. We know how frustrating this can be for people and while we are working really hard to see people as quickly as possible, we are also asking communities to work with us and make the right choice for their health care.
“Our minor injuries units deal with problems such as suspected fractures, cuts, bruises, minor eye problems, burns, scalds, and sprains;
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