IT would be interesting to know how many of the patients waiting on trolleys in the A & E Department and the full wards at the Royal Bolton Hospital actually came from the Bolton area.
It is known that patients from Leigh, Atherton, Tyldesley, Hindley prefer going to Bolton than Wigan Hospital. They have every right to request the hospital of their choice. But did the BEN's report and pictures really paint a truly accurate picture of Bolton in crisis? I ask what was the equivalent situation at Wigan at the same moment in time, to put it in context.
John Monaghan
Blackrod
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