Portrays A&E nurses as overworked and morally distressed due to systemic failures, forced to deliver substandard care.
The author, a senior A&E nurse, describes emotional exhaustion and guilt among staff, framing them as victims of a broken system rather than agents of care failure.
“Those joining the NHS now have no choice but to give sub-standard care, and they inevitably feel responsible when patients do not get the treatment they deserve.”
