WW2 veteran, 95, left for 26 hours on A&E trolley – and it's not the first time

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World War Two veteran who was taken to A&E was forced to spend 26 hours waiting on a trolley in a corridor before a bed was found for him.In a shocking indictment of the pressures facing the NHS, Stanley Solomons was made to wait on the trolley for more than a day at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham before he could get a place on a ward.He was admitted to hospital on Sunday after staff at his nursing home became worried about his health.

He was seen by A&E medics but it was Monday afternoon by the time he got a bed, reports the Mirror. READ MORE: Terrifyingly bleak reality of what the UK's winter blackouts could look like And it’s not the first time it’s happened to the war hero, who originally hails from the East End of London.Back in 2019, even before the pressures on the health service caused by the pandemic, Stanley was forced to wait 12 hours to be seen by a doctor at Leicester Royal Infirmary.Stanley’s daughter Rachael Ellis remained at his side during his latest wait on a trolley.Rachael, a Labour councillor and a retired social worker, said she was “shocked” at the number of people waiting for beds at the hospital, but praised the “heroic” NHS staff for doing everything they could in an “impossible situation”.She added that he was “confused” by the delays but “had a smile on his face” when he finally got on to a ward.“When I saw all the people waiting on trolleys, I was shocked.

You hear about these things but to see it is another thing entirely,” said Rachael.“They were lined up in any space they could find.

I saw another corridor which was packed with more patients and paramedics.“These were people who had come by ambulance and were waiting to be admitted.“I was told the paramedics had not been able to hand.