by Cleopatra » Fri Feb 09, 2018 10:11 am
Lionel Jesse wrote:Fletch wrote:HOW MANY PATIENTS HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE BACK OF AMBULANCES OUTSIDE A&E UNITS THIS WINTER?NHS England data, collected from all 137 trusts across the country, show the overall number of patients who were stuck in ambulances outside busy A&E units for more than half an hour for each week this winter.
January 22-28
11,061January 15-21
11,019January 8-14
12,559January 1-7
16,690December 25-31
16,893December 18-24
11,852December 11-17
14,323December 4-10
11,852November 27-3
10,184 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... ing-E.html
Were any efforts at all made to find new beds at nearby hospitals. It says doctors haggle for beds but it seems to be within the hospital they work. Also, who is directing ambulances to A&E departments that are full? Wheres the communication? They all have radios, surely theres someone on the other end who can liaise with hospitals to see if theres space?
One issue I have with the doctor spilling all to the Mail is this...
He can barely afford to buy a hot chocolate or coffee because his rent is a quarter of his salary and he is drowning in debt from six years of medical school
I am sorry but this is bollocks. And irrelevant in the grand scheme. I always wonder how these people would cope in other industries with lower starting wages, no allowance for medical school debt being paid back only once reaching set thresholds etc.
Also odd how he or she has gone to the Mail, of all papers.....
Doctors haggle for beds between hospitals, too, but they are mostly in the same boat. Otherwise, your loved one could end up 100 miles away. And I earn more than a newly qualified junior doctor. (Although they go up the increment scale pretty quickly).
[quote="Lionel Jesse"][quote="Fletch"][b]HOW MANY PATIENTS HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE BACK OF AMBULANCES OUTSIDE A&E UNITS THIS WINTER?[/b]
NHS England data, collected from all 137 trusts across the country, show the overall number of patients who were stuck in ambulances outside busy A&E units for more than half an hour for each week this winter.
January 22-28 [color=#FF0040]11,061[/color]
January 15-21 [color=#FF0040]11,019[/color]
January 8-14 [color=#FF0040]12,559[/color]
January 1-7 [color=#FF0040]16,690[/color]
December 25-31 [color=#FF0040]16,893[/color]
December 18-24 [color=#FF0040]11,852[/color]
December 11-17 [color=#FF0040]14,323[/color]
December 4-10 [color=#FF0040]11,852[/color]
November 27-3 [color=#FF0040]10,184 [/color]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5285357/Harrowing-diary-junior-doctor-working-E.html[/quote]
Were any efforts at all made to find new beds at nearby hospitals. It says doctors haggle for beds but it seems to be within the hospital they work. Also, who is directing ambulances to A&E departments that are full? Wheres the communication? They all have radios, surely theres someone on the other end who can liaise with hospitals to see if theres space?
One issue I have with the doctor spilling all to the Mail is this...
He can barely afford to buy a hot chocolate or coffee because his rent is a quarter of his salary and he is drowning in debt from six years of medical school
I am sorry but this is bollocks. And irrelevant in the grand scheme. I always wonder how these people would cope in other industries with lower starting wages, no allowance for medical school debt being paid back only once reaching set thresholds etc.
Also odd how he or she has gone to the Mail, of all papers.....[/quote]
Doctors haggle for beds between hospitals, too, but they are mostly in the same boat. Otherwise, your loved one could end up 100 miles away. And I earn more than a newly qualified junior doctor. (Although they go up the increment scale pretty quickly).