Patient waiting time figures released by the NHS have laid bare the true extent of the issues faced in Nottingham hospitals after a 95-year-old Veteran was forced to wait 26 hours in a Queen’s Medical Centre corridor for a hospital bed. Stanley Solomons was admitted to hospital at 11am on Sunday, October 16, after staff at his nursing home became worried about his health.
He was taken in an ambulance with blue lights to the QMC and was eventually given a bed on Monday (October 17) afternoon. The Chief Operating Officer of Nottingham University Hospitals, which runs both the QMC and City Hospital, said it “sincerely apologised” to Mr Solomons and his family.
His daughter, Labour councillor Rachael Ellis at Gedling Borough Council, was by his side while in hospital. Councillor Ellis, who represents Bestwood St Albans, said: “When I got to A&E I could see the trolleys stacking up the walkways. When I walked around I could see trolleys with around 20 paramedics with patients. I was told the paramedics hadn’t been able to hand the patients over. I was horrified.”
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Now, recent data issued by the NHS shows that of the 31,062 people who attended A&E departments across the region in September, and some 710 patients were made to wait for more than 12 hours. The data throughout the rest of 2022 does not make for promising reading either.
In July, 729 people had to wait more than 12 hours in A&E, with 617 being made to wait in June and 554 in January. The NHS data also shows that around a third (35%) of people attending A&E were admitted within four hours - with just 10,747 being seen in that time.
These latest statistics paint a picture in Nottinghamshire which, sadly, is reflected across the country with a total of 32,776 people across England having to wait more than 12 hours to be admitted to A&E last month. Meanwhile, just 63% of A&E attendees were admitted within four hours.
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) and Sherwood Forest Hospitals (SFH) have been approached for comment.
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