‘Would You Treat Your Own Family Like This?’ Pensioner Slams NHS Doctors And A Crumbling System.

Hospitals across the country are struggling. Too many patients, not enough staff, and pressure piling on by the hour. Nurses are being pulled off wards to help cover overstretched A&E departments. Politicians speak of “necessary cuts” as though this were a budgeting spreadsheet—not real people’s lives.

But for those using the NHS every day, the picture is starkly different.

Locally, nurses are going above and beyond—working exhausting hours, looking after more patients than one person possibly can. And what’s the result? Visit A&E at Queen’s Hospital and you’ll see it: absolute carnage.

A Havering pensioner recently told The Havering Daily about his wife’s treatment experience—and didn’t hold back.

“It was like a war zone. Trolleys everywhere. The nurse in charge was absolutely brilliant, but they simply can’t keep going under this pressure. And they’re making cuts? It’s madness.”

But it wasn’t just the chaos he was appalled by—it was the attitude of some of the medical staff.

“The doctors were appalling. Only one showed any empathy. The rest—despite being told my wife had mental health issues—were blunt, rude, and robotic. I even asked one: would you speak to your own family like this?”

His wife, vulnerable and in crisis, was left in a bed for days, which had exacerbated her mental health struggles. According to the man, two of the doctors they encountered offered no kindness or basic human decency.

“They spoke as though older people were just bed blockers. Shame on them. We’re human beings, not problems to be filed away.”

In contrast, he praised the nurses for their compassion and professionalism.

“Nurses were the exact opposite—caring, kind, and constantly stepping in to reassure patients and families when doctors didn’t.”

This is not an isolated incident. Across the country and right here in Havering, the strain is evident. Nurses are run ragged—many don’t even know what time of day it is, let alone when their next break will be.

This blog isn’t a hit piece on every hospital worker. But it is a wake-up call.

To those sitting behind desks making sweeping decisions on budgets and staffing: come down to Queen’s. Join the waiting list. Sit in pain. Feel the desperation. Then tell us if you still believe these cuts are justified.

Because when our NHS becomes a battlefield, it’s not numbers being hurt—it’s people.

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