You must be a very small hospital to regard 15 as a busy take. It is not uncommon for us to see 30 acute medical patients
a day taken in.
Going on divert is a luxury only granted to urban hospitals. If we went on divert, an ambulance would have to travel 25
miles one way and 20 the other to the next nearest A&E; hardly practicable. We were at the stage the other day of triple
decking; three patients to a bay!
Best wishes,
Rowley Cottingham
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