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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Martyn Halle & Nicola Small & Louise Lazell

'Broken' NHS forces A&E staff 'to ask sick patients to monitor their own vital signs'

Shattered A&E workers last night described the NHS as broken beyond repair as they told of “Dickensian overcrowding” and third world conditions.

At least 10 hospital trusts have this week declared “Critical Incidents”, meaning they can no longer provide safe levels of care.

In one horrifying example, a top A&E consultant revealed A&E staff are asking seriously ill patients to monitor their own vital signs.

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