"Patients are collapsing in the waiting room. It's just hectic," Lorraine, a nurse in Birmingham, told BBC Radio 5 Live on Tuesday.
"A&E is in a desperate situation right now," said Joanne, one nurse working in an emergency ward in Manchester. "The government need to take urgent action. We need help."
Lorraine, the nurse in Birmingham who works on night-shift, said elderly people and pensioners were among the worst-affected. "There's women that are 90 that have been waiting for a bed for 24 hours."
"There's the 'chaos' inside wards and then 'you go outside, there's loads of ambulances and it's just so hectic,'" said Lorraine, highlighting the overwhelming situation.
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