'Summer Pressures' have been greater than 'Winter pressures' in
Leicester (same last year).
Numbers going up 10% year on year. Record attendance of 525 in ED (plus
more in the primary care unit) a couple of weeks ago.
Tim.
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>Not suprisingly the same in Scarborough.
We are now in Glasgow week, soon to be followed by Sheffield week then,
wierdly Blackpool week, perhaps our candy floss is different.
We see 30% more in summer than winter, it used to be 100% difference
when the unit opened 20 years ago. We have filled in the winters (was 45
per day, now 100 per day) and raised the summer averages (was 85 a day
now 130 a day) We are seeing a big weekend peak with a mid week lull
(140 vs 85) This year is up 5% overall vs last year and guess what? the
PCT is reducing our funding as they are going to divert cases away at
some unspecified time in the future!
Oh and our CEO and Finance Director are "gardening" because they tried
to balance the books by paper chases rather than cutting staff and
services.
A PCT CEO was appointed yesterday to "sort out the problems"
Simon may know of him, He was PCT CEO for one of the Doncaster PCT's.
I think my department is the only safe one in the hospital as they must
have a crash pad here or are they hard enough to make a medical vacuum
for 150 miles up the east coast ?
There was a death in transit apparently last week when a prem labour
case had to be shifted to Rochdale (nearest unit with support) the baby
was born on the M62 and was bagged into Halifax or Huddersfield from the
ambulance gossip. Mum survived but baby did not. That was a semi-planned
transfer Andy
Same in Chesterfield Simon - in fact one week in June we broke our
record
>for number of attendances - good to see all the money being spent in
>Primary Care on A&E avoidance schemes, "urgent" care centres etc etc is
>reaping dividends! When is the penny going to drop that patients CHOOSE
>to come to A&E, especially now they don't wait too long to be seen -
>never I suspect
>
>Cheers, Bill
>
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>Is anyone else getting more patients now than they did during the
>depths of winter?
>
>Our numbers are 10-15% higher than they were in December and January,
>is this just a local thing?
>
>Simon McCormick
>
>Rotherham
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