"We can't provide good quality care when a patient is in the corridor" Medics' plea to NHS bosses to reduce overcrowding in hospitals
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester Evening News that hospital A&E departments in areas like Greater Manchester, where rates of Covid infection are higher than the national average, are suffering from overcrowding.
Dr Gavin said: "It's particularly bad in the North West and Greater Manchester because of high levels of Covid infection."We can't provide a good quality of care when a patient is on a corridor.
It's not just quality of care that suffers, but things like privacy and dignity. It's completely unacceptable."Dr Gavin has warned that these long waits, often in corridors, have become more serious than in previous winters due to Covid-19. What's your experience of the NHS been during lockdown?
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