NHS in disaster: Southend man, 89, waits 8 hours in an ambulance to get into A&E

An 89-year-old man was advised he needed to wait 21 hours on the ground for an ambulance after he fell from his wheelchair and reduce open his head. 

Roy Clare, 89, from Southend -on-Sea, Essex rang for an ambulance on Tuesday after the accident at his house. 

As a substitute of racing on to his house, name handlers advised Mr Clare to stay on he flooring for the ambulance to reach. 

Mr Clare’s daughter Diane East used her primary nursing abilities to scrub up her father and put him to mattress. 

The next day, Mr Clare’s situation had deteriorated so his household known as 111 for recommendation who really helpful calling him a health care provider. 

When his situation deteriorated additional and his respiratory grew to become laboured, the physician arrived on Wednesday night. 

The physician, when contemplating Mr Clare’s earlier historical past of strokes, really helpful that he ought to be admitted to hospital for assessments and commentary.  

On Thursday, the household have been advised there have been no ambulances out there, however at 2pm three arrived on the similar time by mistake. 

He was taken to Southend Hospital however with 22 ambulances forward of him, he was pressured to attend within the again for an additional 8 hours till he was lastly admitted to a ward. 

Mrs Ward advised ITV Information: ‘We despatched him right into a scenario the place it was even worse.

‘Why is there such a foul scenario on the hospital?’

A spokesperson for Mid and South Essex NHS Basis Belief, stated:

‘Our hospitals are experiencing a particularly excessive demand for his or her providers, with many arriving at A&E by ambulance, reflecting simply how busy native NHS and social care suppliers are.

‘We’re all working collectively to answer this greater demand for providers, in order that we are able to present the absolute best look after our sufferers.’