‘The system is broken’: Sick patients told to sit on chairs outside A&E
The IndependentSign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Patients are being made to wait so regularly outside Addenbrooke’s A&E that heat lamps have been installed on the walls outside one entrance, used by non-Covid patients. open image in gallery Patients left waiting outside Addenbrooke’s Hospital because there was no space inside the A&E unit Maria’s 20-year-old daughter has recently recovered from a Covid infection in August but has struggled with recurrent chest problems and was deteriorating last week. open image in gallery Patients wait under heat lamps outside Addenbrooke’s Hospital A&E department One member of staff from the trust said patients queuing outside has become a daily occurrence. And the executive team wanting elective operations back to normal levels.” Cambridge University Hospitals Trust, which runs the A&E unit, said its emergency department had reduced space inside because of the rules on social distancing.
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