article_snippet.sent: Unfortunately little, if anything, has been done and the system is now at breaking point. '
article_snippet.sent: When there are 10 ambulances sat outside the A&E department of the local district general hospital on a daily basis, it does not take a genius to work out that the system is broken. '
article_snippet.sent: Subsequently, response times for ambulances are not met, A&E departments are full to bursting, every hospital bed is taken as there is chronic under capacity. '
article_snippet.sent: GPs are sent daily e-mails requesting that we shouldn't admit patients unnecessarily. '
article_snippet.sent: Due to unrelenting pressure on beds, patients are often discharged too soon, and without adequate social care provision. '
article_snippet.sent: the system is broken.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Williams said ambulances queuing at A&E departments is a sign that the system is broken . '