Jeremy Corbyn blames the Tories for NHS crisis... but look at Labour-run Wales

The grim sight of a line of trolleys in a bleak hospital hall unmasked Jeremy's Corbyn as a hypocrite, critics claimed final evening.

The Labour chief mentioned this week that the Tories had been 'in denial' in regards to the disaster within the NHS in England.

However this scene at a crisis-hit A&E unit exhibits the state of the Welsh NHS, which has been run by Labour since 1999. 

Tories mentioned savage cuts by Labour had 'unleashed devastation'.

The grim sight of a line of trolleys in a bleak hospital hall in an Welsh A&E unit unmasked Jeremy's Corbyn as a hypocrite, critics claimed final evening

Their feedback got here as footage taken by a relative of a affected person confirmed a nine-strong queue of desperately-ill folks ready to see a physician on the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Wales.

Lucinda Wilcox, 31, from Trelewis, South Wales, was taking her 86-year-old grandmother to A&E with a suspected coronary heart assault when she took a photograph of the scene.

The businesswoman instructed how frail and aged girls had been left on their very own, deserted by paramedics lengthy since known as away to take care of yet one more emergency. Some had been there for 24 hours.

The Labour chief mentioned this week that the Tories had been 'in denial' in regards to the disaster within the NHS in England

She mentioned nurses needed to fold up their coats when the hospital ran out of pillows as sufferers shivered in skinny sheets as a result of there weren't sufficient blankets to go spherical.

For some the ache was an excessive amount of, and their situation so critical that IV drips needed to be put in to make them snug.

Employees frantically manoeuvred sufferers away from the automated doorways which let in a blast of freezing air each time they slid open.

Outdoors Miss Wilcox noticed three ambulances ready with but extra casualties. Within the A&E unit itself there was one other queue of 4 sufferers.

Employees mentioned the scene on Tuesday night at round 6pm was regular – and getting worse day-after-day.

Yesterday Miss Wilcox mentioned: 'It was so worrying and upsetting to see. The sufferers had been clearly in misery. A few of them had been on their very own.

'You can see a number of the aged ones had been slouched to 1 aspect, some had been nearly slipping off the trolleys. Some folks had skinny sheets with none blankets.

Lucinda Wilcox, 31, from Trelewis, South Wales, was taking her 86-year-old grandmother to A&E with a suspected coronary heart assault when she took a photograph of the scene

'Some had been in ache, some even had drips in them as a result of the employees had been attempting to make them as snug as potential.

'If any of the sufferers didn't have their common treatment on them, they couldn't get given something till they noticed a physician.'

Miss Wilcox, who didn't have to attend as a result of her grandmother's situation was so critical, mentioned the pictures present the hall main the doorway of the primary A&E unit the place there are only a handful of bays out there.

She mentioned: 'The employees mentioned these conditions had been regular – that's how they work day-after-day. So all they might do is apologise to folks and transfer on to the subsequent activity, in any other case the issue isn't going to get any higher.

'They mentioned this 12 months is worse than final 12 months and every day is getting worse. They mentioned it's as a result of individuals are in hospitals who shouldn't be in beds. Some can go house, however then there aren't care packages in place quickly sufficient.

'Or a number of the sufferers have dementia, and since dementia care house locations are so tightly squeezed, they'll't be accepted in a traditional house so there's nowhere for them to go.'

The photographs on the Royal Glamorgan Hospital had been taken on the identical day that the Welsh Authorities's well being secretary, Vaughan Gething, insisted the NHS in Wales was not in disaster.

Yesterday MPs instructed the Mail that Labour was 'in denial' over the severity of the issues in Wales.

Andrew Davies, chief of the Welsh Conservatives, mentioned: 'Jeremy Corbyn is taking part in a harmful sport in looking for to weaponise the well being service, notably given the state of the Welsh NHS below Labour.

'Regardless of the very best efforts of our hardworking employees, there's a disaster on the frontline of the Welsh NHS, and these circumstances are a distressingly acquainted scene for all too many sufferers.'

He added: 'Each time Corbyn speaks in regards to the English NHS, folks in Wales are reminded of the devastation that the Labour Celebration has unleashed on the Welsh NHS after years of savage finances cuts.'

David Davies, Conservative MP for Monmouth, mentioned: 'The NHS in Wales has been in disaster for a few years. It's not good in England or Wales, however at the least in England we have now a minister who's acknowledging that and desperately attempting to enhance it.

'In Wales they received't even acknowledge issues. The fact I've sufferers who're begging to be handled by the NHS in England. In Wales we wait longer for ambulances, we wait longer in A&E items, we wait longer for operations, and we have now much less entry to most cancers medication.

'It's excessive time that folks realise that regardless of the issues in England, issues are a lot worse in Wales.'

Footage taken by Miss Wilcox confirmed a nine-strong queue of desperately-ill folks ready to see a physician on the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Wales

He added: 'The disaster is the variety of folks in Wales who need to be handled by a Conservative authorities.'

James Davies, a GP and Conservative MP for the Vale of Clwyd, added: 'Labour have run the NHS in Wales since 1999 and my constituents in North Wales know solely too nicely that the availability they obtain is inferior to that solely 30 miles east, in North West England.

'Labour are in denial in regards to the state of the NHS in Wales and their contributions at Parliament this week have been each unconstructive and hypocritical.'

Vaughan Gething, the Welsh well being secretary, mentioned: 'Moderately than desperately looking for to assault the Welsh NHS to deflect from the unprecedented scenario going through the NHS in England, the Tories must be supporting devoted well being and social care employees at this busy and troublesome time. We're pleased with the truth that we proceed work with and help our employees.'

Miss Wilcox mentioned: 'The employees mentioned these conditions had been regular – that's how they work day-after-day. So all they might do is apologise to folks and transfer on to the subsequent activity'

He added: 'There have been some distinctive intervals of stress on pressing and emergency care providers proper throughout the UK however right here in Wales, greater than eight out of 10 folks spend lower than 4 hours in emergency care services from their arrival till admission, switch or discharge.'

A spokesman for Cwm Taf College Well being Board, which runs the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, mentioned: 'We proceed to handle a excessive stage of demand at each Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil and Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant.

'The escalation ranges are presently between three (extreme stress) and 4 (excessive stress).

'Though we have now plans in place to take care of winter pressures, the general public can assist us by selecting the suitable well being care service for his or her wants together with one in every of our minor harm items, their GP, pharmacy or ringing NHS Direct Wales.'

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