Britain's top A&E doctor says hospital emergency departments have hit 'bursting' point, as staff are left 'running on fumes'.
Britain’s top A&E doctor has warned the NHS is “really going backwards”.Britain’s top A&E doctor has warned the NHS is “really going backwards” – blaming the crippling state of the nation's health system on poor leadership and investment, with emergency departments at “bursting” point.
Speaking with Tom Swarbrick at Drivetime, Dr Ian Higginson, Vice President of The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said doctors have been left “frustrated, angry and upset” at the current state of hospitals and patient waiting times.
“What I can’t do is promise the standard of care we would like to because our departments are full to bursting at the moment,” he said. “The health policy decisions had been focussing so much on essentially trying to cut back on beds and trying to minimize the workforce and minimize the investment rather than the right strategic planning.”“Now we’re really reaping the consequences of this poor health policy,” said Higginson.
“Everything else becomes a balance of risk, which puts patients and healthcare professionals in an invidious position trying to decide the least worse option.”
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