A Liverpool woman has revealed she faced a 75-week wait for an outpatient appointment after visiting hospital.
Liz Parsons said the NHS system “is broken” after being told she would have to wait almost a year and a half to get a follow-up appointment after she was admitted to hospital in December last year. Mrs Parsons, a Labour councillor for Norris Green, made the admission to Liverpool Council’s social care and health committee as members discussed pressures on the health service.
Cllr Parsons said after falling ill around Christmas last year, she was admitted to an assessment unit. On that occasion, such was the pressure on hospital staff, she was taken into an office to have an observation undertaken “because there was nowhere else to be seen.”
