Sentence examples for wait for a bed from inspiring English sources

Norman Lamb, the former mental health minister, warned that being forced to wait for a bed could increase the risk of young people trying to end their lives.

"Major problems" in accessing services ends with "children and young people's safety being compromised while they wait for a bed to become available", say the MPs.

The NHS minister, Philip Dunne, has been accused of "belittling" the beds crisis by telling MPs that patients who need to be admitted can sit on seats in A&E units while they wait for a bed.

At 2 in the morning or 2 in the afternoon, bone-tired workers just off their shift would wait for a bed to open up, and then hope for sleep to come.

Although some changes have been made — clean linen is now supplied on a regular basis, a staff member has been assigned to distribute basic toiletries, more workers are being hired — Ms. Marengo was unable to say on Friday how long patients must wait for a bed.

You wait for a bed to be assigned.

They sit around offices waiting for a bed.

It especially impacts on patients waiting for a bed in A&E, numbers of which are at worryingly high levels".

None of my colleagues were surprised when we heard one day that a patient had died in those halls waiting for a bed.

At 1pm on Tuesday there were 53 people in A&E seeking treatment at the Royal Bolton hospital, 15 of whom were waiting for a bed on a ward.

The hospital created a flu clinic in an area that usually accommodates patients who have been admitted and are waiting for a bed.