title: We must not repeat the mistakes of Mid Staffs.
abstract: These are exceptionally tough times for everyone providing care and treatment across NHS settings. Colleagues on the front line face unprecedented pressure day in, day out, without any respite and often with limited resources. As a nurse it distresses me greatly to see graphic images of older, frail patients waiting for long periods on trolleys in overcrowded emergency departments.
authors.affiliation: Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and a non-executive director at Health Education England Writing in a personal capacity.
authors.forename: Sir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stephen Moss
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists