emergency care, intensive care, cancer treatment, chemotherapy, that is still set to take place today. but elective procedures by a hernia operation, a hip replacement, this could be affected. if nhs trusts have not contacted patients due to have appointments over the next two days, the advice is still to come to hospital like this one in colchester unless you are called. but for nurses, for a lot of them it is a very difficult decision today whether to strike. some say that they are not going to be striking because of concerns about care for their patients. but also that it is notjust money, the reason why they are choosing to strike. it s issues and the patient safety and staffing. the health secretary steve barclay says he is looking forward to constructive talks with the rcn who are calling for the health secretary to meet them halfway, they are calling for a i9% increase in pay.
specifically due to the hernia, especially early on when it was very painful. marcus has been waiting for a hernia operation for close to four years. during that time, he s received just one letter from the hospital. now it s more about how it looks, how it appears, even. it s obvious now. when i m standing up and walking, i can t get away from it. i can t conceal it any more. so i try and tend to stay home. surgeons say operating theatres are being left unused because of staff shortages, a lack of beds and complications relating to covid. very often, it s not clear until the morning of the operation as to whether it s possible. there are times when there aren t the necessary beds available, particularly if critical care is needed in intensive care beds, for instance. and that s terrible for patients, because they come into hospital expecting to have their operation, and if there aren t the necessary resources there to support that, then unfortunately they have to be cancelled on the d
reaching seven million in england alone in september and october. i haven t always been able to walk as far as i d like to walk. specifically due to the hernia, especially early on when it was very painful. marcus has been waiting for a hernia operation for close to four years. during that time, he s received just one letter from the hospital. now it s more about how it looks, how it appears, even. it s obvious now. when i m standing up and walking, i can t get away from it. i can t conceal it any more. so i try and tend to stay home. surgeons say operating theatres are being left unused because of staff shortages, a lack of beds and complications relating to covid. very often, it s not clear until the morning of the operation as to whether it s possible. there are times when there aren t the necessary beds available, particularly if critical care
the number of people facing the longest waits for planned surgery had started to fall, but problems remained with discharging patients, with only four in ten able to leave hospital when they were well enough to do so. the data all painted a picture of a system struggling to cope, and behind the statistics were personal stories like those of james. into the autumn, the waiting list for routine treatments, things like knee or hip replacements, continued to grow, breaching seven million in england alone in september and october. i haven t always been able to walk as far as i d like to walk. specifically due to the hernia, especially early on when it was very painful. marcus has been waiting for a hernia operation for close to four years. during that time, he s received just one letter from the hospital.
of a system struggling to cope, and behind the statistics were personal stories like those of james. into the autumn, the waiting list for routine treatments, things like knee or hip replacements, continued to grow, breaching seven million in england alone in september and october. i haven t always been able to walk as far as i d like to walk. specifically due to the hernia, especially early on when it was very painful. marcus has been waiting for a hernia operation for close to four years. during that time, he s received just one letter from the hospital. now it s more about how it looks, how it appears, even. it s obvious now. when i m standing up and walking, i can t get away from it. i can t conceal it any more. so i try and tend to stay home.