Bobby Dean MP believes that Sutton Hospital has reached a “break point”, since the trust has been named one of the worst performance NHS in London in terms of A & E waiting times.
The investigation commissioned by the liberal democrats revealed that more than 34 percent of the patients had to wait more than 12 hours to be admitted to A & E in Epsom and St Helier Trust.
Carshalton and the deputy of Wallington, Mr. Dean, criticized these delays, noting that the trust infrastructure is fighting under the pressure of the obsolete facilities.
He said: “Delays to the promised updates of ST Helier directly threaten the future of our hospital and leave the patients and NHS staff who pay the price.
“The queues to obtain an emergency treatment are steeping throughout the country, but the poor state of our buildings is worsening the situation equally.”
In 2019, the then government led by Boris Johnson promised £ 500 million for Sutton as part of the Nationwide New Hospital Program (NHP).
The estimated cost now, thought, is between £ 1.5 billion and £ 2 billion. The NHP promised to build 40 new hospitals by 2030.
However, the current Labor Government has dismissed Johnson’s plans as “a fiction work.”
As a result, vital updates have returned to the 2030s, leaving the future of the St Helier hospital in the balance.
The aging infrastructure of the hospital has exacerbated the tension, leaving the community to suffer while vital updates remain delayed.
Dean warned that the delays for updates threaten the future of the hospital, leaving patients and NHS staff with the worst part.
He described the growing tails for emergency care as a national crisis, but added that the bad condition of hospital buildings is worsening the situation.
The local parliamentarian shared a personal experience of the crisis, counting how a major relative had to wait on the floor in A & e due to the scarcity of cars and beds.
“The government must see meaning and present up the thesis updates for a long time,” Dean said.
In response, an EPSOM spokesman and ST Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust told the local democracy reports: “While patients in our emergency department are kept safe and prioritize those who are the most sick, we do not do it because to provide care in this way and apologize with anyone who experiences long waiting as our continuous teams do the best they can under great pressure.”
“We have a very busy leg, driven by an increase in virus such as flu and norovirus: people can help us using NHS 111, their GP or a pharmacy if their need is lower and receiving their blows.”
The trust has spent £ 60 million in the last five years improving its facilities, but admitted that its aged hospitals are deteriorating faster than they can be fixed. They added that, although the construction of a new hospital and improvements in existing sites now later than planned, patient safety remains the main priority of the trust.
