'Please, please...': Chief nurse's appeal to Greater Manchester as NHS in 'really intense' state with soaring pressure
With patients in huge queues enduing 'really poor experiences' at some hospitals, Greater Manchester's top nurse has issued a personal plea for help. Mandy Philbin, chief nurse for NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care, says the health and care system is currently 'really intense' - and there is no easy way to fix it.
READ MORE: Drunks, 13-hour waits and people who don't need to be there - the view from A&E as Greater Manchester's NHS faces urgent crisis and hospital beds '98 per cent' full "We've got a lot more patients attending A&E, attending GP practices," said Ms Philbin. "We've got patients in hospital waiting for social care, we've got crisis around workforce staffing which can be short-term issues as well - nurses and doctors like anyone else will get chest infections, will get colds."
"People might find it difficult to access GPs - but we have got GP facilities you can access or 111. If you're attending A&E, if you're not an emergency requirement you might have to wait longer for your care, which is not healthy and you're not in an environment which is conducive to making you feel better either. I think the patient experience is really fundamental."
"What we're asking is, please only consider using these services if it's life-threatening and you really, really need it. If we're talking about a toothache, or a backache, or a mild chest infection - please use other resources that are available to us."
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