12 hour wait for A&E Acceptable?

Local health officials have put out another message that ONLY life threatening and emergency situations should attend A&E. This is because the waiting times has risen to 12 hours. Is this really acceptable and whose fault is this? Labour are trying to come out with the blame that it is icy conditions that are making people visit A&E. Maybe if the council gritted the roads and paths maybe then people wouldn't go. But seriously no one will believe they are so many falls due to the icy conditions as it was not icy today so why has the wait time gone up?

I guess from the part of the question whose fault is it is not important but it is both the Local Labour Parties in Greater Manchester and last Tory Government. This is because the last Government under Cameron and Osbourne did a deal with Greater Manchester local authorities to say that Central Government will give Greater Manchester Local Authorities collectively (called AGMA) a large sum of money and in return that then stops Westminster running the health services in Greater Manchester. This was called DEVO MANC Deal. That way the nTories do not have to worry about the NHS in Wigan as Labour run it under this deal.

So many believe that the hospitals here in Wigan are run by the Tory Government but it is not it is under Labour Control. But Labour doesn't mind people still believing that the NHS is run in Wigan by the Tory Government. Headlines and waiting times like this will help them get back in power. But this issue should not political as it is too important.

Irrespective of who is running it the system should never be allowed to be run in such a way that the system gets to a point where waiting times are half a day long. This is simply not acceptable!

In 2015 I said this deal would never work and services would be cut and waiting go up. Even by my standards I didn't believe that it would go to 12 hour waiting times in A&E. If you have a life threatening issue if you have to wait this long you could well be dead by the time they get to you. I also believe that because standards are now such at dangerous levels in Wigan Hospitals that this area of health should be taken out of Labour's control as it shows that they simply cannot cope with the matter. Yes the national situation may not be perfect and needs more investment and improving but the average wait times national is not at 12 hours, like Wigan's is. Labour target for wait times is a max of 4 hours so this 12 hour wait is 3 times as long. Lives are being put at risk and when you next see Labour MP's and Cllrs saying save our NHS. Tell them yes we agree get your hands off it because you are killing it in Wigan, which is killing us.

It will be interesting to see how, when and if people realise that Labour is running the Wigan hospital into the ground and if so will they continue to vote for them?

Politics a side are you happy to wait 12 hours at A&E? If not stand up and make your voice heard, whilst you have one!  The real emergency is our lives!