Directorate meeting yesterday to consider the haemorrhage of experienced
nursing staff to quiet jobs i.e. NHSDirect or Minor Injuries Units. Cause?
Avg of 20 patients per night waiting to be warded. (Don't use the word
'beds' we did so now we just have beds cluttering up the department instead
of trollies!)
Manager asked us for our solution to present to senior management - we
said, "More, or better organised beds in the hospital as a whole".
Guess what answer we got? "That will not be acceptable to senior
management since they will want a plan that you can implement in A&E" !!!
John Belstead
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