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Winter may be ending but the crisis continues

Emma Cowen Staff nurse, Children’s emergency department, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Brighton

Government statements about the state of the NHS are misleading: people are dying waiting for ambulances

February is getting under way and there is a feeling that spring is around the corner. But we overstretched NHS staff know that winter pressures will carry on until at least March, and we cannot yet see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Nursing Children and Young People. 30, 01, 17-17. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.30.01.17.s17

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07 February 2018 / Vol 30 issue 01

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