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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rebecca Thomas

Patients left waiting on trolleys for four days due to ‘unsafe’ staffing levels, report finds

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Patients were left on trolleys for up to four days at a major NHS hospital where whistleblowers raised concerns over “unsafe” staffing levels, it has emerged.

In a scathing report, the NHS safety watchdog said it found patients waiting on trolleys, in corridors and outside nursing bays at Good Hope and Heartlands hospital, run by the scandal-hit University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

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