'I could not get my head around how those nurses are expected to look after patients safely.' Rita Devlin from theRCN visited the emergency department at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast this week and was shocked by what she witnessed
Ms Devlin said she and others were frustrated as no-one appeared "to be in charge or supporting nurses in the very worst conditions".- I was horrified. Nurses told me that it's gotten worse since then," she said.
Some patients are being moved onto wards from the emergency department, where there is no actual bed space.Staff told Ms Devlin some patients had been waiting in the ED for more than three days and families were distraught."A group was formed called the SPPG - made up of the former health board and led by civil servants.
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