Staff and bed shortages at one major hospital have led to unsafe A&E conditions, say medics.
By Owain ClarkePatients being treated in chairs, staff in tears and an 18-hour wait for transfer from an ambulance.
"We have 16 trolleys and we had 28 patients waiting for beds in the morning. Our resuscitation room was full and we had some very, very sick patients that all arrived at a similar time. "Yesterday during my shift we had two calls for an immediate release, because there was an unwell baby and there was a lady in labour."
"We are having to pull them out of the boot of cars, they're coming by fire engine, with the police. We have to try and find somewhere to manage that and it's just a constant challenge."Dr Farrow stressed that being "supportive to all of our staff" is extremely important to the department. This resulted in a decision to open dozens of beds as part of "surge capacity", including opening an unused ward. This in itself was difficult due to staff shortages.
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