Anything but at Brighton. We are seeing February attendance and
admissions at around 10% above last year. In 2001 a busy day was 180
attendances; now we have touched 300 and 250 is not exceptional. Although
we have a co-located urgent care centre that is excluding its figures.
/Rowley./
> *From:* Andrew Volans <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Date:* Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:25:02 +0000
>
> last year saw a 4% reduction on 2006 but this last two
> months show a recovery to the 2006 numbers.
> As a cheap holiday resort we might see a surge due to the
> general financial slow down keeping folk in the UK later
> in the year.
> Despite the local Darzi review saying DO NOT BUILD a SOLO
> walk in centre the local PCT plans to do just that and
> cream off our minors stream that pays for our majors. One
> guy is personally responsible for £13500 income this last
> 10 months. I have ceased to complain about him although
> his GP is very p***** off.
>
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:30:49 -0000
> "McCormick Simon Dr, Consultant, A&E"
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Is anyone else noticing a steadying or drop off in
> >numbers attending
> > their EDs.
> >
> > Last month we were 10% down on last year and this month
> >is looking like
> > continuing the trend. There are a lot of initiatives in
> >the community
> > to reduce acute on chronic admissions (certainly via
> >A&E) and there are
> > rumours of penalties being applied to practices that
> >have admissions via
> > A&E, though I cannot confirm this. All this before the
> >opening of our
> > now infamous 'Iffy' centre for the walking
> >wounded/unwell.
> >
> > If this trend continues we could find ourselves
> >potentially unviable
> > financially!
> >
> > Simon McCormick
> >
> > Rotherham
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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