HEALTH inspectors have raised concerns that “many patients” at a Scottish hospital did “not appear well cared for” – with a report telling how they saw the Accident & Emergency department operating at 230% of capacity.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) visited Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, near Falkirk, with their report describing the “extreme pressures” on services there. The inspectors said: “In some areas, including the emergency department and admission units, many patients did not appear well cared for.”
Inspectors saw patients being treated in chairs, with IV drips that had “run dry”, while one person had to wait 25 hours before being found a place on a ward.
