Ditto for Sheffield - although we are always up against it where bed
availability is concerned. However, we looked at the figures and found a
dramatic increase in attendances from previous years. We feel it may be largely
due to primary care opting out this time more than usual.
Sue Mason
Quoting Peter Cutting <[log in to unmask]>:
> I'm afraid very much the same in Leeds.
> Shocking over the Xmas season.... still struggling now.
> Peter
>
>
> Dr Peter A Cutting
> Consultant in Emergency Medicine
> Leeds General Infirmary
> Tel 0113 3926470
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> >>> [log in to unmask] 19:59:41 18/01/2005 >>>
> Dear all,
>
> Is it just yorkshire or has the rest of the world gone mad.
> We in Scarborough have always had the odd day when we had a high
> throughput and patients
> lying on trolleys due to lack of beds in the hospital. Because it was
> rare, we had little support
> from the rest of the Health Economy when the Emergency Collaborative
> was in existance.
> Since autumn we have seen the "bed blocking" that has been comonplace
> in the big cities and
> was the cause of the ESC in the first place.
> Since Christmas we have been inundated and now 20% breaches due to lack
> of bed spaces is
> almost routine. I understand that Hull and York are also suffering and
> I have heard from
> Rotherham that things went bad over christmas. Is it just local or is
> it all over the country?
> I note that the Government haven't been crowing about the 98% target
> that was due to be
> announced during the first week of Jan and the measuring week has been
> shifted to the last
> week.
> Did anyone see the Trevor Mcdonald thing. Our CEO was forced to play
> the party line and did
> very badly, but I note that the programme did not pick up several leads
> from patients where
> they said that the departments were full.
> The film crew when they came round had a definite motive: to show that
> we were
> intentionally doing stupid things to achieve the targets. Most places,
> us included, don't
> actively prevent ambulances unloading to achieve targets, we do it
> because we have nowhere
> to unload them. Why don't we if the ESC has worked?
> Is it just us being bad or has it gone ****'s up everywhere?
>
>
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