PMBlackburn published Patients wait on trolleys for more than 12 hours as pressure on...

PATIENTS have been left waiting for treatment on trolleys for more than 12 hours as hospital staff struggle to cope with unprecedented pressure on the local health service.In January Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust – which runs the Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital – declared an 'internal incident' due to the massive volume of people turning up at Accident and Emergency and while the crisis level has been stepped down, the trust's chief executive says "services...