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Lewis, an nhs life saver, in uniform, but not in work. nhs managers say. the impact of today s ambulance strike in england and wales could be worse . than the last one. the winter pressure grows more and more and more, and now, to be sat there holding for hours and hours and hours, that s just something that i ve not seen before in my career. how does it leave you feeling about the job? it s upsetting. as i said, the upset is that when you re hearing that radio go off, that, you know, they ve got nothing to send. he d be excited abouti using his skills, and. work pressure follows him home. it s not like it used to be. he sjust not usingl his skills any more. do you see that stress? yes, definitely. do i come home with stress? yes! if i didn t think it was right, i wouldn t do it, but i can t see any other option we ve been left with now, and we are literally fighting for the nhs. it s quite nice to hear the public are behind us. ....
Than the last one. the winter pressure grows more, and more, and more, and now, to be sat there holding for hours and hours and hours, that s just something that i ve not seen before in my career. how does it leave you feeling about the job? it s upsetting. as i said, the upset is that when you re hearing that radio go off, that, you know, they ve got nothing to send. he d be excited abouti using his skills, and. work pressure follows him home. it s not how it used to be. he sjust not using his skills any more. do you see that stress? yes, definitely. do i come home stressed? yes! if i didn t think it was right, i wouldn t do it, but i can t see any other option we ve been left with now, and we are literally fighting for the nhs. horns honk. it s quite nice to hear the public are behind us. some people say you re putting lives at risk today because of this action. ....
Across the uk, as doctors, nurses on the health service try to navigate their way through another tough winter. our health reporter jim reed is with me now. i wonder how much surprise for them people you talk to about these figures, but stillalarming people you talk to about these figures, but still alarming to hear about this? about this? what i wanted to talk about this? what i wanted to talk about here about this? what i wanted to talk about here is about this? what i wanted to talk about here is how about this? what i wanted to talk about here is how some - about this? what i wanted to talk about here is how some people i about this? what i wanted to talk- about here is how some people think we get these headlines every year, there is winter pressure on the nhs every year, which inevitably there is. at this time it does seem much more intense. this graph put together from more intense. this graph put togetherfrom our more intense. this graph put together from our data journal ....
She fell on her kitchen and broke her pelvis. marie waited on the wall for 31 hours for an ambulance. it on the wall for 31 hours for an ambulance- ambulance. it was agony, i had to sort of turn, i was ambulance. it was agony, i had to sort of turn, i was on - ambulance. it was agony, i had to sort of turn, i was on my - to sort of turn, i was on my side, facing away, facing the windows stop oh, it was just agony. windows stop oh, it was ust anon . ., , ., windows stop oh, it was ust anon. ., ., ., ., agony. how did you manage to keep going agony. how did you manage to keep going for agony. how did you manage to keep going for 31 agony. how did you manage to keep going for 31 hours? - agony. how did you manage to keep going for 31 hours? well, j keep going for 31 hours? well, ou keep going for 31 hours? well, you do, i think. willpower- keep going for 31 hours? well, you do, i think. willpower i - you do, i think. willpower i soppose. you do, i think. willpower i suppose, ....
Just too sore to turn. i was on my side, facing away, facing the windows. and itjust was agony. how did you manage to keep going for 31 hours? well, you do, i think. willpower, i suppose, isn t it? winter pressure is nothing new in the nhs, but the combination of flu, covid, staff shortages and delays discharging patients to social care means for many this is the worst winter they can remember. we don t want to be seeing patients in corridors. we don t want to be breaking bad news in cupboards. we don t want to be doing that sort of thing. and it s quite hard to keep doing that. we know we shouldn t be doing it. it sjust the only thing we can do to keep the system going. the government in westminster says the nhs is its top priority and it s providing an extra £14 billion over the next couple of years. we ve seen significant pressure on the nhs, particularly over this period through a combination of very high rates ....