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- Welcome to the Royal Blackburn Hospital - which was once in special measures but is now rated good. Its A&E department receives more ambulances than any other in the north west of England. Ed Thomas has been speaking to staff and the patients they treat. Correspondent: Ed Thomas; Producer & Director: Noel Titheradge; Camera: Steve Fildes; Edited by Ed Ram.
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Ageing population, cuts to bed numbers, cuts to social care, cuts to mental health support and addiction support from councils. I feel for the staff, I fear for the patients.
woow... "you deserve more than you get, thank you" so touched by that....
The NHS is truly amazing when you think about it...Every second of every hour of every day there are thousands of members staff working tirelessly to treat patients...it literally never stops. It could be 4 o clock in the morning on Christmas day and guaranteed there will be people there to look after you if you need it.
Stupid gullible people, NHS is ran buy Millionaires That Take Take Take from it, There A Joke, The Liars, They Are The No Hope Service. YOU CAN GET FREE SEX CHANGE NOW ON NHS BUT PEOPLE WAIT YEARS FOR NEEDED SURGERY
Why has this appeared in my recommended during corona
Lauren Guest same
Same
Same. 3 years ago is old news.
Trending I expect
Lauren Guest To make you realise how it was and if you can wonder how it does look now ...
Anyone who turns up pissed in A&E should be charged a fee to be seen that would soon put a stop to the mayhem at weekend in A&E
My elderly mother ended up in A&E after a fall the doctors , nurses and staff were amazing caring people but I witnessed the way they were spoken to by intoxicated people whom believe it or not were mostly female and I just could not believe what I was hearing plus the amount of police present in A&E makes me think this is a regular occurrence
DaBriars exactly need a drunk ward and they should be forced pay or do community work for cost of their drunkenness people think they have right.to get drunk and then get free treatment when they fall over they need to be mature enough to see they should stop. Drinking as they cost nhs a fortune
Absolutely and charge drug takers cosmetic surgery and the time wasters that turn up with a cold or anything else that can be treated at home the list goes on
DaBriars We pay tax, that already pays for our health, eduaction etc
It's scary and yes they should be as it is self inflicted my poor Dad has been at A&E for over 8 hours today. I would do anything else before I ended up at the hospital like the Pharmacist or Out of Hours GP as due to mental Health problems I would find the waiting more stressful than what was wrong with me!!
The fact you mention most of the drunks were female was very random, like it matters?
Imagine this hospital now with the Coronavirus situation!
There have been a dramatic decrease in accident and emergency admissions as people are too scared to go to hospital. So it's most probably a much quieter hospital with this virus
It breaks my heart that the doctors and nurses are abused over the wait times when they are stretched to their limit and doing all they can with the little support they get.
they are paid a fortune and recieve a gold plated pension. Nothing to feel sorry for. They google their treatments now.
@@rickkarsan4491 paid a fortune???. what are you smoking?
@@jaynyk745 scared of the truth. Do you ever see a poor doctor? they are in the top 10% of earners are lazy and kniw nothing.
@@rickkarsan4491 paid a fortune? In what way. They are severely underpaid
People turning up at A&E who do not need to be there! Try out of Hours GP or Tharmacist.
Save our NHS!!! Increase corporation tax by 1% and actually use it to re fund the NHS
xGreenY600x figures actually show cutting corporation taxes brings in more money. So tax cut - mean more money for NHS.
Jamal Ahmed may I see a link to this fact? trickle down economics is largely disproved so this is surprising to me
Omer Khan well in Ireland revenues increased when they cut corporation tax to 12.5. This leqd to more money for services such as nhs in Ireland. Maybe we need to become competitive with our corporation tax rate - maybe reduce it to 10 percent to attract business and compete with Ireland. Also we need to stay in the eu single market to generate funds for the nhs.
1) Trickle down economics is not a real theory 2) The reason it brings in more money is because the rich and corporations don't hide their money in tax shelters when the tax rate is lower, so more of the money actually gets taxed.
xGreenY600x or just tax the migrants and have classes for adults to take about keeping safe
This is so sad to watch. We faced similar situations in Malaysia. Prayers for all the staffs for the hard work. May God bless
It’s annoying when you know that a lot of the people waiting in A&E don’t actually need to be there. Either they don’t want to wait to see a GP or they are not in for either an accident or emergency.
The thing is thought that most people can't get an appointment with their gp
EVERYONE In This Video Looked Like They Needed To Be There
I worked as a nurse in this department, and nothing as changed in years. Our problems started when they closed the A and E dept, in Burnley. Over the years they used terms like lean working, flow of patients and a multitude of other ideas that just didn't work. They even expanded the dept, that didnt work. To us, the staff, the answer was simple. There needed to be more beds throughout the hospital to move people into, along with more staff. Yes there should be measures in place for time wasters. But regardless more beds in the hospital and more staff in A and E would easy the congestion, a lot of the patients who are on trolleys in the corridors will be waiting for a bed to become free on a ward. When I started in this dept life was so different, we had a good mix of busy and quiet periods, I loved my job. But Burnley A and E closed and times changed. My health started to suffer, and despite asking for help from senior members of staff, occupational health and human resources, none came, my depression became so bad, I felt the only solution was to hand my notice in after 30 years of service, one I now regret. My frame of mind was flawed, but they allowed me to do this. This is how this hospital and this dept treat their staff - bullies. The chief executive allowing the BBC in, showed at least be was trying to highlight the issue. PS the matron and the majority of staff from my time or no longer there. The consultants show in this documentary where there and they were the good guys and gals
0:54 ok not trying to be rude but the guy looks like hes loving life rn
That's what I thought!
Jez that's the last place I would be loving life 😉
The ending almost made me cry
2:54 She looks so tired!
Sad to say this is still happening I was in a& e in january 2020 and in the corridor for 14 hours. After the 14 hours a doctor came and said you can go home now, un treated. Nhs have had this struggle for ages and it continues
sue the doctor blond, they are 6 figure salaries and should have seen you immediately.
@@rickkarsan4491 ....I doubt any doctor would discharge anyone that needed help.two sides to everything. Regardless of there salaries they can only do so much with resources they have.
We need to put more money into it
We’ve been falling backwards since 2018 and we faced worse days in 2019. No one thought it could go this bad but that wasn’t it as in 2020, it’s far more worse! Healthcare workers who have a high risk illness with covid-19 like myself, are incapable to help but I cannot help but feel guilty to leave my coworkers with such madness.
Bless the doctors and nurses this is horable
1,060 times 😱 that’s cray cray . I can only imagine the frustration the staff all feel on the daily.
'Cray cray'? Do grow up and drop the babyish slang.
Annie Spencer ack poor wee Annie woke up on the wrong side ....?? You cray cray 🥳
*I sat in one A&E and waited for seven hours, having a hard time breathing and severe pain in my back when I FINALLY was allowed to see a doctor he pushed a red button and they ran and put me on a bed for emergency treatment, I had hundreds of tiny blood cloths in both of my lungs. It is pure luck that I'm alive, NOT the hospitals. If I had waited more, like 30 minutes, I would be very dead at age 35. The triage said that I "over exaggerated" my pain....*
Yeah, so why show up at the hospital if they didn't save your life? People in the US still wait the same time as you and then get a 20k bill. You have it so good.
Seriously if your that short on doctors make med school free tuition so more people can get the opportunity to become a docter, if they're so desperate there wouldn't be a paywall to knowledge
My God! That is the most insane thing I heard all week. You are not even seeing what is causing the problem and offering a "solution". But again. That is how government solutions work.
Danny Richie the government already pays for the vast majority of med school tuition and it’s just there arnt enough places at med school.
lol I'm in my final year of medical school in the UK and the government haven't paid me a single penny and I've racked up almost £90k in student loans
My brother is in his final year as well. Over$300'000 CAD, not sure the Euro conversion. His biggest fear is the prospect of not finding a residency spot available. Doctor"shortages" in Canada, yet thousands of medical graduates begging for residency spots. This is a problem caused by government, and appears to be a common problem amongst the nations.
Throwing more tax dollars at it is foolish because, at least in Canada, maybe a fifth of it tax dollars are used wisely for the people, the rest squandered or given to the banks. Or taxes are raised almost every year, now.
No, the answer is less government, more accountability to the people. Recover the spirit of Magne Carte. Change the system so education and service are both received primarily as a result of being there voluntarily as it was deep in the past. Apprenticeship, room and board for dedicated staff, goods and services centered currency rather than Fiat debt based currency.
Free tuition only works if currency is swapped out for systems of real value, otherwise it's just more freedom inhibiting taxes.
Doctors are training and leaving...
Exactly the same in South Africa. Some hospitals actually have it worse that patients sleep on benches with drips hooked on them because there’s no beds.
Oh come on, come to A&E in Hong Kong, situation is much worse. Patients are waiting for more than 24hrs and the government is cutting cost to healthcare system.
Terence Chan people have died in the waiting room before being seen here in America.
Since when was it a competition?? It's bad here therefore we're worried.
Terence Chan yes but just because u are struggling more doesn’t mean we aren’t struggling too
Not enough hospitals in the Northwest
Honestly you deserve more than what you get...we can't thank you enough.thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤and I hope this changes as soon as possible
I was successful with my interview and started working for Hull Royal Infirmary.. (working Enhanced Care Level 4/5 patients)
I found it to be awful, I was working some shifts and wasn't getting breaks, night staff was sleeping the night shifts. Some nights staff would have breaks eating Chinese, laughing, joking, all through the night never giving me a break.. I caught covid, to have a staff member on the ward say "covid my arse" despite being ill and positive. Dreadful!
All my team was treated badly out of the 14 of us taken on, there are only 3 still working there. I no longer work in health care for the NHS, due to all these issues.
Very sad!
Hello American here, I have no health insurance because honestly too expensive, just hoping to god my appendix doesn't burst and I gotta sell my kidney. Honestly waiting in line is better than paying what we have to here
Bloob lefwarden agreed, it could be worse.
Thanks GOD in my country in Saudi Arabia there are over 8 government hospitals in every big city and all free for citizens and the space and the staf are very big
moodi a ,Countries in Africa and Asia have healthcare systems 1000% better than the one here in the UK
THE UK Is A BACKWARD Country
I’d rather have shit hospitals if it means people don’t get stoned to death for doing one minor thing against the state.
You clearly don't know the country. Stop following The MEDIA
Same thing in Victoria BC Canada 🤬 we desperately need doctors and nurses here! 🇨🇦
Cancel or decrease foreign aid until we can help our people before we help others.
George Hoffman yes.
No information given about underlying health conditions, age or other specific circumstances. This would be needed to get a better overview and a complete picture about the whole situation
This video is 3 Years old!
I'm watching this after spending 12 hours in A&E 😩
can someone help me understand how increase wages will help the crisis? looks to me like they need more hospitals and staff.
roberto12350 by increasing wages, doctors are less likely to quit because they would actually get good pay, and more people would want to join and be a doctor
@@bobmiah you can't throw money at this problem to fix it. This will always be the result of a single payer healthcare system with an aging population and larger population of immigrants who don't pay into the system. Privatize and de-regulate.
"You deserve more that you get"
NHS on its knees and no let up. It's the staff I feel for because they are only doing their job. I just think this came up on my news feed to make me aware that nothing has really changed for the better, and how on earth are they coping with this awful pandemic?
Too Many Users.
The nurse even said herself in the video
This is a busy hospital look how quiet they are now
A&E waiting times shouldn’t be long I don’t like having to wait that long to be seen
People forget that coronavirus isnt the only illness that needs treatment
They've cancelled everything else. My dad's cancer treatment is cancelled. My daughter had her cleft lip and palate surgery cancelled. I've had a cyst removal procedure cancelled. And I'm not complaining I totally understand they have to put everything into this pandemic. Why waste money and resources to treat his cancer when he'll probably catch this virus and die anyway. He is my while world. So is my 3m old baby. But I'm facing this along with millions of others x
And to think this video was three years ago. Can only imagine how the hospitals look today with the treatment of Coronavirus and also people trying to get treatment at the A&E. Cant begin to think how stressful a time this is for people who have had to have necessary treatments/surgeries pushed back many months and also the nurses and doctors working long strenuous shifts. Heart goes out to all affected at this time
@TGSUPERCHARGED Unfortunately, many operations to remove cancer have been cancelled if they are considered non-urgent and chemotherapy is cancelled for patients with lower chance of success or if treatment will only extend their life for a few weeks/months.
Beds need to be kept available to deal with increasing number of critically ill patients with covid-19.
@TGSUPERCHARGED what a horrid person you are
I spent a hole week in this hospital last year because I had a appendix operation.
A lot of people are overweight these days too. My last trip to the doctors surgery, I was the only one who was a normal weight out of 50 people - they were all at least "overweight" on the BMI (easily visible).
One older fella even said "Hey boy you need to put on some weight!!" well I am 5'8" and 10 stone which leaves me BMI right in the middle of the healthy weight range
Sounds similar to Canada
I don't need to see the rest of this, but will watch it. Not enough staff, to many sick. The US is really bad with simular problem. But we have the added trouble of being semi private/public health care. But the staffing issues go beyond this area. Businesses are cutting back & the stress is high in many other jobs. A lot of people are seeking better work.
Jeremy hunt are you there ?
The government can't fix this. It needs a group of people from all disciplines within the NHS and from all Health trusts to be put together and come up with a list of priorities. Only the people who live with the problem daily (the healthcare. professionals) can fix this and the nett result will be that it will cost more; and I don't think any of us would object to that. We want to know what needs doing and we need to know now.
Oh my god, I saw it and freaked out because no one was wearing PPE, gosh covid-19 has messed me up.
The UK needs more doctors, on this video i can see there is only 2-3 doctors.
Thing is we’re treating more and more illnesses now. Elderly are living longer with complex medical issues. When the NHS was formed at that time, these issues weren’t around. The NHS needs a complete overhaul.
After watching this video it is clear that we have an ageing population that is growing out of control. In order to cope we need bigger hospitals and more staff - both these requirements will be nearly impossible at such times. I think any government (Tory or Labour) would struggle to cope.
Our Emergency room has gotten better over the years but you still have to wait almost an hour before we could get any care, that is if your not carried in bloody and battered and one arm hanging on by a piece of hide you'll have to sit on a hard uncomfortable teeny chair and suffer it out.
Normal use of the NHS-by foreign visitors who've ended up being treated while in England-is estimated to cost about £1.8 billion a year.
Just think how many nurses that could pay for.
That figure includes British expats who come from mainland Europe to use the NHS (rightfully so, ofcourse). The real figure for Heath tourists is actually 200 million. It's still a huge figure but a drop in the 120 billion NHS budget pond. And just remember, 50% of all MEDICAL workers on NHS are ethnic minorities..
I do want to add the one thing I saw used in the UK ER with nitrous oxide I do not understand why the US does not allow its use in the ERs especially when it comes to pain patients I can’t tell you the agony of sitting in the ER for hours with no pain relief when you are there for pain or you’re waiting to be diagnosed. I don’t understand why do US has not adopted this as apparently it’s been used in the UK going back to the 40s and 50s. This is where the UK tops the US
Wow these departments are just as busy or worse than here in the US
This was filmed in 2017, please check the upload date before you make comments on current problems.
Same Government. Same funding. Same issues. Only with an epidemic on top.
Jack D ‘only’ really under exaggerates the issue, this is a pandemic and it changes the entire system. Things are a lot worse currently.
@@tobiasbeniston3951 If what you're seeing in this video is anywhere near acceptable, pandemic or not, from one of the richest countries in the world...I dont know what to tell you.
Jack D I didn’t say it was... the system has always been strained and underfunded but now it’s practically at breaking point.
@@tobiasbeniston3951 You'll never see a more underfunded NHS than you will under the Tory party.
The nhs (who’s job it is to solve problems) is showing you the problem and .....then??
MAJOW STAR solve it how.? Stop reasoning like a fly
What the hell no body wearing masks and gloves😳
After reading comments realised it was 3 years ago.
Ooooo😅
Oh my If it wasn't for this comment I wouldn't have realised😭
It’s just this bad in the US but now at least in my town though they’ve opened the satellite ERs for the most part these ERs are no weight compared to the hospitals but I would have to go to the main hospital it would be hours upon hours there’s a walk and you are two minutes from my house I’ve never once had to wait over three minutes to get in the back not even once. At first I had my concern about them but for medium things or even where you get put in the hospital the one time I did need to go to the hospital they sent me there an ambulance and I was taken directly to my room. So I love the walk-in ERs. I don’t understand how people would want UK medical care though it’s free you pay the price for it in the end. Case in point that I will never forget a little girl that I know of in the UK went completely deaf and failed a class over fluid in the ear it took her six months to get into a specialist in another six months for surgery. I had exact same problem I saw the doctor the same day and this was the specialist and I had surgery two days later very sad. Although I definitely complaining over my $300 bill I got for a blood test I guess you choose your battles
If you're well enough to queue and complain you're well enough to wait.
This is actually terrifying
Overseas visitors costing billions while our A&Es are a disgrace
Someone needs to send this to boris Johnson
Boris laughs at this
The biggest problem is a vast amount of people who are there don't need to be. GPs and out of hours services could deal with them.
More beds more doctors and nurses
Why can’t we just get the average amount of people who goes the Hospitals each year. Then expand Hospitals to have more rooms and more doctors.
HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA where is boris my frend.
The thing is we need hospital
And we need a lot more hospitals
Also we need nurses and doctor and surgeons
But the greater Manchester Hospital is not busy it's literally empty
No PPE for staff?
The NHS is a brilliant concept that has got out of control. Expanding into mega hospital resorts is bring the NHS spending into overdrive. As an example I remember local Hospitals that were loccal and a lot smaller, run by the lead Consultant and Administrator. They hired, fired and purchased evrything becuaese they were hands on and at ground level. Thats what the NHS needs to be.
For an absolutely free service having to wait a little isn’t that much of a hardship
It’s not a free service though. We pay for this through NI & Tax. Then you have the people who don’t pay a single penny that abuse the system. It’s a disgrace!
Considering the amount of people, I'm really surprised the staff and film crew are not wearing masks, also anyone bringing in patients. This should be mandatory. I know people are complaining, but no one was prepared for all this and everyone is affected. It's not the staffs fault, they are obviously doing all they can these circumstances are not normal. But this is why everyone should stay indoors, self isolate and some people still don't get this.
It was filmed in 2017
Could independent observers verify please ?
I was born in this hospital and look at that state it has been in for the last nine years under this bloody Tory government. What they’ve done to it is a disgrace and it breaks my heart watching this and the mess it’s in. The Tories ought to be ashamed of what they’ve done to this hospital, the buck stops with them. But they won’t take the blame for what’s happened to our NHS, they’ve just blamed it on the staff who do such a fantastic job in extremely difficult circumstances. We’ve got a chance to end this though next week and that is to vote for labour and that’s what I’ll be doing next week.
It was never like this. What the hell has happened to the NHS?
There is no competition in a single pay system. If medical care was privatized with few regulations you'd see new hospitals popping up with more quality care. When patients start choosing the new hospitals over the current ones, the current ones are forced to up their game and lower their prices to compete. That doesn't happen in single payer system.
That’s every day in Texas lol.
Why they didnt wear masks.
Maybe its time health care wokers are given more attnetion and support then football players ?
Nothing beats stag snare injuries for making the A and E Doctor puke. Roll on midnight
Unfortunately it's like this all over the world.
CAROLE FREEMAN no
People do come to A&E for stupid reasons, put it this way if you feel ill but know deep in your mind you can wait till morning to ring your GP do it. Unless your feeling like your dieing then go to A&E. Mental health should be addressed a lot more seriously then physical pain. If your mildly ill, alcohol or drug intoxicated stay at home and ring your gp, pharmacy dont waste A&E resources they are there to save the diere need not a free place to sit and hold up life and death situations
Under funded and under staffed shouldn't be like this its wrong
Home grown, I think when it gets this desperate ordinary citizens should help out of their own pockets
I don't know
What's National Insurance , & W H O promised from the cradle to the grave ......... Bevin resigned .
These people don’t get it the NHS is under soooo much stress man
and I thougt I was able to understand english, i was very much wrong
I can't believe that People stay on the corrdo because there are not much rooms to stay in
So much for borris saying he spent millions on nhs n employed more staff its falling apart my prayers go out to all the nurses n doctors may god protect them all the goverment should be ashamed
that is atrocious. the govt should step in :((
Poppy Kefaloukos the government is responsible for this...run it into the ground...then privatise it...thats how they privatise everything..
the government runs the NHS-
I hope after this people start really educating themselves about health, I’m 58 years, never had the flu or cold. Got a product that fights the Corona virus but who’s going to believe me. People start thinking outside the box when it comes to health and don’t always believe everything your Doctor says, research and research, believe it or not there’s a cure for everything, eating very healthy is not enough
Anybody who is enters the NHS pissed up should be charged for the treatment
If health minister is inelegant, what should do close all GPS and make five of them into single community hospital with facilities of blood test, x-ray etc. So that Government can save money and can get rid of some lazy staff.
Maybe it's time for Drs. to make house calls again. It's bad to have moms and babies setting on the hospital floor with droplets.
Use army nurses.use drill halls.
Wow, just like the rest of Europe and the US, they have to wait for hours in the waiting room.
Not In The The Rest Of Europe
This is what it’s like everyday, you think this is bad?... you should see what its like on a bank holiday!
No PPE??????? Boris good job.
I don’t see any of the staff wearing masks , protective gears . Strange why UK medics are not following protocol ?
This video is 3 years old. Check the upload time before commenting about current world problems.
No one got ppe?
Vote for the Tories you do not have a hospital left in this country
The virus a good thing though if you think about it. Kills off white and old people (tory voters). Irony is great, loving it so far!