England’s A&E crisis has seen patients forced to lie on hospital floors for hour and receive treatment in corridors amid waits of up to 30 hours for a bed, doctors and patients have warned.
Stark images and harrowing testimonies have emerged from those seeking emergency help and the NHS staff struggling to provide it at hospitals in Liverpool and Wirral.
In recent days, more than a dozen NHS hospitals have warned of dire pressures on their services due to rising