A patient at Grimsby's hospital was witnessed to be waiting in A&E for one hour and 50 minutes despite the department not appearing to be particularly busy.
This is one of many findings from the Keogh Review which was officially released yesterday. As reported in today's Grimsby Telegraph, urgent attention needs to be paid to A&E services.
Further findings from the review highlighted that at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital patients were seen on separate occasions to be cared for by ambulance staff who had been unable to complete their handover.
In addition, a staff member also reported patients being moved onto the Medical Assessment Unit from A&E to avoid a four-hour target breach. They provided a past example of one patient who had not been monitored on the Medical Assessment Unit for six hours and had subsequently deteriorated.
One occasion during an announced visit by Keogh's panel, ambulance staff had been caring for a patient for an hour following arrival at the hospital.
As reported, Sir Bruce Keogh, head of NHS England, has put together 18 action plans for the Trust, some of which will be implemented immediately. To help solve the A&E situation, he has actioned the Trust to urgently implement adequate triaging at the A&E interface and ensure that prompt hand-over can be made by ambulance staff.
Following the report, Grimsby man Roy Barwick who witnessed "appalling care" to his late wife Diane, said: "NHS to me stands for no hope of survival.
"I hope the the findings of the Keogh review will result in a change of culture in the NHS, but I am not convinced.
"At least this Government is trying to do something about it, but it's action we want. It's alright finding out what's gone wrong but how are they going to put it right?"
Meanwhile, a father of a 27-year-old woman, who died after being admitted to Grimsby's hospital with chest and breathing problems, also believes things at the hospital must improve.
Adrian Hayworth, of Grimsby, and his wife Susan, filed a complaint about the delayed treatment their daughter Sarah received prior to her death in September 2010.
Mr Hayworth, 59, said that a junior doctor who examined Sarah requested that a cardiologist took a second look, but that a whole week passed before someone from the cardiac unit eventually turned up.
He said: "As parents we could see her health deteriorating but it was frustrating that no one seemed to be doing anything about it."
