Miss Z knew it would be an interesting night last night in A&E when she arrived at work half an hour early to see a helicopter landing.
Waiting time was 10 hours for all but the most serious patients.
Locums were called to take up the slack and were offered £67 an hour. Not one accepted! The Trust refused to offer more.
Two other junior doctors went home halfway through the shift. One fainting from exhaustion and one started throwing up on patients.
Spoke to her again this morning as she walked back to her car. She was in very high spirits despite two young people dying on her. Puts everything in to perspective.
Still an awful lot of people turning up in the middle of the night for non-emergency treatment.
She thinks she will sleep well today and is coming home later this week for her delayed Christmas!
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