Letter: Length of waits at Chesterfield Royal Hospital is simply unacceptable

Eleven-hour waits for help is dreadful and quite unacceptable – how can Dr Spencer say he has safe staffing levels?

It would be very helpful if the Derbyshire Times had a weekly report on just how things are going at our local hospital on which we all rely so much.

John Chambers

Baslow

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