Toby Easthope, 55, of Newland Street, went to A&E at Chelmsford’s Broomfield Hospital after suffering “chronic headaches” for four days. This ordeal ended in the father of two discovering he had three strokes, had lost 50 per cent of his vision, and would spend several weeks in hospital. Within the first five hours of being at Broomfield A&E, Mr Easthope had his blood pressure taken which was 190 over 120. Location - Broomfield Hospital (Image: East News Press Agency)He was moved to a smaller A&E as a bed still needed to be found and then moved back to the main A&E at 11:10pm. He said: “How can you have a hospital like Broomfield, a leading hospital with a stroke ward and team that hasn’t got a consultant to prescribe the medicine that you apparently need.

Source: The Times January 22, 2024 10:37 UTC