In September 2026, a severe equipment shortage at a capacity-strained Salisbury District Hospital forced nurses to improvise by hanging an IV drip bag from the bony fingers of a medical teaching skeleton for 28-year-old patient Cleo Rawlings, who was waiting in an A&E corridor with suspected meningitis. Following the incident, the Salisbury NHS Foundation TrustContinue reading “When The NHS Runs Out Of Stands, The Skeletons Lend A Hand”
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NHS Under Pressure: Record Demand, Corridor Care, Breaking Point
On Tuesday, 20 October 2026, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust declared a brief critical incident after its emergency departments faced unprecedented, record-breaking patient numbers that resulted in lengthy waits and treatment in corridors. Although Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust officially stood down its critical incident on Wednesday afternoon as patient numbers began to ease, bothContinue reading “NHS Under Pressure: Record Demand, Corridor Care, Breaking Point”
SHAMEFUL!
An 83-year-old grandfather was forced to lie on his family’s camp bed in A&E as he endured a ‘shameful’ 12-hour wait for help. George Morris, from Torrance near Glasgow, started shivering and shaking as his health deteriorated during the arduous wait to be seen by ‘frazzled’ doctors. The pensioner had been sent to hospital for bloodContinue reading “SHAMEFUL!”
