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Just too sore to turn." i was on my side, facing away, facing the windows." and itjust was agony. how did you manage to keep going for 31 hours? well, you do, i think. willpower, i suppose, isn't it? winter pressure is nothing new in the nhs, but the combination of flu, covid, staff shortages and delays discharging patients to social care means for many this is the worst winter they can remember. we don't want to be seeing patients in corridors. we don't want to be breaking bad news in cupboards. we don't want to be doing that sort of thing. and it's quite hard to keep doing that. we know we s...

Into the hospital to have the x—ray and then bring him back into the ambulance. i've never seen anything like it. the system seems completely broken and one thing backs up another thing, you know, which leads to an ambulance sitting there for 12 hours when they could be out. maybe somebody else is going to not make it to the hospital because of that. the royal cornwall hospital, and again, a queue of ambulances. 0n the ward, 82—year—old marie grubb. she fell in her kitchen and broke her pelvis. marie waited on the floor for 31 hours for an ambulance. it was agony. i was like, "i can't tu...

A North East-based charity has reported increases in people across the region accessing their mental health services due to the cost of living…

Like this, so she grabbed the drip stand and grabbed my arm and she bit my arm. i was able to get her off. unfortunately we can't give her the fluids, but we'll try the next step. security has been called as staff are dealing with another dementia patient who is trying to walk out of a&e. saphena is mentoring student nurse emily. it's a long day. get tired doing it all day. he's constantly trying to get out of the bed and do stuff you don't want him to do. how much pressure do you feel right now, every day? the winter pressure, you can feel the winter pressure. like, more people coming in each...

Been on strike before, but if this vote goes through, it will be the first time in the rcn's106—year history that there has been a nationwide strike. not all nurses would walk out. some, whose work is considered to be life preserving, or if it was not administered would lead to permanent disability, will continue to work, too. but this strike is intended to disrupt and it is likely to come at a time when winter pressure is starting to build. the rcn say they have no other choice. is this the responsible thing to do, to take strike action, when we are coming into winter? you see, this is abou...