00:01Liverpool's Royal Hospital site is entering its next phase of development.
00:05The plans include a new two-way entrance linking Mount Vernon Street and Dolby Street,
00:10a north-south link road across the hospital grounds, new footpaths and cycleways.
00:14A public green space is designed to make the site more accessible and welcoming.
00:19We've been on the streets of Liverpool to find out what your experience of the NHS has been locally.
00:26I don't think it's working because it doesn't run properly.
00:29Simple as that.
00:32I mean, if you go to AMA, you've got to be prepared to sit there with a flask and sandwiches and sit there for seven hours.
00:39I mean, it doesn't work, does it? It really doesn't work.
00:43I mean, if you're really ill and you've got to lie on a trolley for two days in a corridor, what's gone wrong?
00:49The waiting time. I think the waiting time is seven hours.
00:54So when you should have more doctors so people can get seen quicker and sorted quicker,
01:03and even if they need to stay in hospital, it helps them more.
01:07They're going right down now.
01:09You need to get the waiting list there and everything, yeah.
01:12I think the waiting time is the worst in Merseyside just to get seen.
01:18I think I was in there once for like eight hours and it was because I banged my head.
01:25I know A&E, it's a nightmare. I had to go there not so long ago for something and it was a long wait.
01:34I accepted it. It wasn't like a death. It was an emergency, but it wasn't like a death.
01:39It was many hours I was waiting. But we mustn't criticise the workers.
01:46I mean, they're doing the very, very best with what they've got to work with.
01:50Labour needs to give them more nurses, don't they? They need to give them more nurses.
01:54I think they're doing a marvellous job, really.
01:59It's treating people with whatever else, you know.
02:04They have a bit lost without them, really, you know.
02:08It boils down to resources as ever, doesn't it? And money.
02:12And not just throw money at it, money going in the right direction in the areas that would help people.
02:19At the same time, debate continues over maternity services at Liverpool Women's Hospital.
02:25Since 2016, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside have been exploring whether some high-risk births
02:31should be moved to the city's main hospitals at the Royal and Aintree.
02:35Health bosses say co-locating some services could improve safety,
02:39while campaigners warn that moving births risks overcrowding and staffing challenges at the Royal.
02:46The redevelopment and maternity proposals highlight the balance between modernising hospital infrastructure,
02:51supporting staff and patients and addressing safety concerns for women and babies across Liverpool.
02:58Have a great day, John.
03:04Aena.
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