Nurses taking part in the biggest walkout in NHS history say staff moral is 'really low' as they recalled how an 85-year-old woman waited 52 hours for a bed. It came as nurses returned to the picket line on Tuesday (December 20) in a second day of strikes over pay.
Cardiology nurse Believe Tamesere, who was also on the picket line at Nottingham City Hospital, said the elderly woman endured the wait on Monday (December 19), on the day when a system-wide 'critical incident' was declared across the Nottinghamshire NHS.
“Yesterday I was at work and there was a 85-year-old woman waiting for 52 hours for a bed," he said. "It’s shocking and heartbreaking. Something must be done about this. That is why I am striking today.”
