Can you imagine hospitals asking wounded people to stay away from emergencies till their lives are in danger? That is what six hospitals in Yorkshire are doing.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is saying that this is because the government has failed to invest in National Health Service (NHS). For years, there are thousands of unfilled vacancies in the nursing sector.
Even all the ambulance trusts are urging people not to call 999 if not they are facing some life life-threatening emergencies.
What’s wrong?
The West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts issued the staying away from accident and emergency sections of six hospitals in Yorkshire. The main reason is that existing patients have to wait up to 12 hours for services.
Those six hospitals are for about 2.5 million people. But now their rights to medical services are in doubt because government’s failure to develop the facilities according to their needs.
The ambulance crisis
The South-Central Ambulance Service is going through a serious crisis. They provide services to around 7 million people of Oxfordshire, Sussex, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, and Surrey. Now all these people are in serious trouble because they would not get emergency medical services in due time. The trust is saying that they are close to the breaking point.
The sufferers
RCN has already warned that due to the pressure hospitals are being affected too. And as a result, millions of patients are going to face danger. The director of RCN blames the government for the crisis because there are thousands of unfilled vacancies. Unfortunately, for years, the government did nothing to improve the facilities, as a result, people are suffering.
If things keep going this way, a crisis like this would occur frequently, and patients’ lives would become more vulnerable.
The worries
A lot of institutions do not have enough employees, some are absent due to sickness, and most significant of all, there is insufficient funding to fight the crisis. As there are fewer people, the morale of the staff in the NHS is always low. They have to work under tremendous pressure.
Some are even saying that the government is financially broken. Due to the continuous underinvestment, NHS is not ready to handle the ongoing pressure. As a result, patients are suffering.
Covid-19
National Health Service is broken due to the pandemic. Employees need support and help. But the government does not think of them. Now the medical sector needs funds to save its people so that they can save lives too.
During the pandemic, the government successfully cover the crisis by keeping people at home, but now the real picture of NHS is becoming clearer.
Solution
The government needs to release emergency funds so that about 90,000 unfilled vacancies can be filled immediately. If the government keeps doing nothing that would bring nothing but a national disaster. This is an opportunity for them to do something for the people, and show that they really care for them.
