Things got so bad at the Royal Stoke University hospital this week that a consultant issued a public apology for the “third world conditions due to overcrowding”. We are keen to hear from healthcare professionals as well as patients about the situation. He arrived at Royal Stoke at 4pm on Saturday and is on a ward having been diagnosed with pneumonia. The NHS is at breaking point and something needs to be done.”Wendy Smith’s father, Barry Colclough, was taken to the Royal Stoke at about midnight on New Year’s Day with breathing difficulties. Dr Gareth Davies, the emergency medicine registrar, tweeted on Tuesday night: “Royal Stoke on its knees.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2018 17:44 UTC