Andrew Dobbin
@dobbin1977
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NI EM Doc… CD unscheduled care.. Personal views expressed
Bangor, Northern Ireland
Joined September 2013
1/ ‘ADMISSION CRISIS’ in EDs. Data highlights the reality of spiralling urgent and emergency care in NI. Regional 12 hr waits .14/15 - 3,170.16/17 - 6,494.17/18 - 17,347.18/19 - 25,326.19/20 - 45,401.20/21 - 37,884 (lockdown) .21/22 - 78,995.22/23 - heading towards >100,000.
‘ADMISSION CRISIS’ in EDs. Emergency care statistics highlighting the reality of spiralling urgent and emergency care in NI. Regional 12 hr waits in our EDs .14/15 - 3,170.16/17 - 6,494.17/18 - 17,347.18/19 - 25,326.19/20 - 45,401.20/21 - 37,884 (lockdown covid) .21/22 - ~81,000.
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RT @setrust: We were delighted to welcome Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt today to open our NEW Urgent Care Centre at the Ulster Hospital 🏥….
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RT @mb_nias_cex: I’m delighted to see this. A very deserving recipient of the King’s Ambulance Medal. Congratulations Kieran.
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Minor injury unit at Ulster Hospital on the move to be co-located with the Emergency department 19th June.
‼️Our NEW Urgent Care Centre at the Ulster Hospital opens 8am Thursday 19 June ‼️. 🏥Open 8am–6pm, 7 days a week.🚶Walk-in & Phone First .📍Access via Critical Care Building, opposite multi-storey car park - follow the signs ➡️. The Minor Injury Unit will close 6pm on 18 June.
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RCEM president: ‘All the admission avoidance in the world won’t help an elderly patient waiting on a trolley in a corridor for hours (days)’. Never a truer word. Root cause of crowding is lack of Health & social care capacity & flow + need to evolve to realistic medical practice.
New missives from the Department of Health and NHS England provide little ‘guidance’ as to how the most dangerous and shameful issues facing Emergency Departments – corridor care and excessive pre-admission waits – are going to be tackled, says RCEM. Read @RCEMpresident's
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RT @setrust: Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt visited our Emergency Dept to meet with clinical staff and hear about the pressures they are fac….
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👇🏼.
patients are harmed by long waits in hospital EDs and here is the evidence
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RT @setrust: Do you know where to go when you need Urgent & Emergency Care in the Trust❓ . It is important you get the right care, in the r….
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RT @mneil02: These guys 🥰🥰. Doing a wonderful job supporting many young people at a time of need!. Thank you Philip, Sandra and Cathy A!.
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RT @RCollEM: RCEM is looking to recruit a new member to the Paediatric Emergency Medicine.Professional Advisory Group (PEM PAG) with experi….
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A day interviewing high quality international medical staff for vacancies - many made long distance journeys at their own expense - pray they are not put off by the behaviour of the few on our streets . Our health service is reliant on our international staff.
Pat Cullen: Health service will collapse without vital international staff.
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RT @healthdpt: The Health Minister visited the Ulster Hospital to meet with ED clinical teams and get an update on the planned Urgent Care….
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RT @RCEM_VP: If you found Channel 4 Dispatches distressing, as I know everyone who sees it will, consider that long waits and corridor care….
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RT @RCollEM: “These responses reveal the true and shameful reality of the state of #EmergencyCare in the UK. And the level of harm and risk….
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RT @RCN_NI: The winner of the #NINoY24 Public Health Award is @cathyearm of @setrust. Cathy provides preventative and early interventions t….
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RT @setrust: We are expecting major disruption on Thursday 6 & Friday 7 June and on the days after, due to planned strike action by Junior….
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