Patients have been photographed lined up on gurneys, waiting to be seen in "never-ending" corridor at an A&E department, as pressure continues to mount on the NHS.
Concerned relatives were pictured stood and sat beside their loved ones with arms folded in an exasperated stance as they filled a long hospital corridor.
The images were shared with the Liverpool Echo by a man who was taking his elderly parent to be seen at Aintree hospital in Merseyside, this week.