16 hours in A&E and still waiting
Manchester Evening News|December 15, 2022
PARENTS WARNED ONLY TO GO TO CASUALTY AS LAST RESORT
SOPHIE HALLE-RICHARDS
16 hours in A&E and still waiting

PATIENTS reported 16-hour wait times at one A&E department in Manchester yesterday as hospital bosses warned they are currently experiencing ‘high demand.’

One parent, who took her child to Wythenshawe Hospital said that she’d first arrived at 7pm on Tuesday and was still waiting to be seen at 7am yesterday.

Another woman wrote: “Heads up.... waiting time at A & E at Wythenshawe has just gone up to 16 hours.”

Responding to her post, one woman added: “I went in at 7pm, didn’t get seen till 5.30am.”

Bosses at Manchester University Foundation Trust, who run Wythenshawe Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary, confirmed they are ‘currently experiencing high demand for our services in our emergency departments’ across the region.

This story is from the December 15, 2022 edition of Manchester Evening News.

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