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| Tameside NHS hospital: what are your experiences? | Tameside NHS hospital: what are your experiences? |
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| Patients at Tameside general hospital in Greater Manchester are having to wait up to four days to see a consultant, and being left in pain in corridors for hours because the A&E unit is full, unpublished reports commissioned by the hospital have revealed. | Patients at Tameside general hospital in Greater Manchester are having to wait up to four days to see a consultant, and being left in pain in corridors for hours because the A&E unit is full, unpublished reports commissioned by the hospital have revealed. |
| Reports reveal a shortage of doctors and nurses, difficulties ensuring full rotas of staff, especially overnight, and a lack of consultants present on wards and conducting ward rounds. A separate report, by the North West Utilisation Management Unit (UM), warned that some patients did not receive painkillers promptly. | Reports reveal a shortage of doctors and nurses, difficulties ensuring full rotas of staff, especially overnight, and a lack of consultants present on wards and conducting ward rounds. A separate report, by the North West Utilisation Management Unit (UM), warned that some patients did not receive painkillers promptly. |
| Three local MPs are now calling for Tameside hospital's long-serving chief executive, Christine Green, to stand down. | Three local MPs are now calling for Tameside hospital's long-serving chief executive, Christine Green, to stand down. |
| Have you been a patient of Tameside general hospital or do you know someone who has? Or do you work there? Share your experiences of the hospital with us by filling in the form, anonymously, below. We'll use a selection of responses in a open thread on the site. | Have you been a patient of Tameside general hospital or do you know someone who has? Or do you work there? Share your experiences of the hospital with us by filling in the form, anonymously, below. We'll use a selection of responses in a open thread on the site. |
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