“I only came in today for a check up, at 9am and I’m still here - it’s 2pm. Well… as long as they sort my problem out I suppose.”
An 79-year-old Joe Illidge, born and bred in Moss Side, sits patiently on a bed inside Salford Royal Hospital.
The emergency department is busy today, according to the nurses pacing the corridors, zipping from one sick person to the next.
