With long waiting times and overworked
A&E departments linked with medical negligence claims, no win no fee
solicitors Oldham are pleased with reports that the Royal Oldham HospitalAccident and Emergency department is managing to see a large number of patients
within 15 minutes of their arrival.
Last week, 4,560 people attended Accident
and Emergency in Pennine Acute Trust hospitals, which include Fairfield
Hospital, North Manchester General Hospital and Royal Oldham Hospital, and of
these, making it the busiest trust in England, but it managed to have just 29
queuing ambulances during the week from November 28th to December 4th,
Department of Health figures show. Furthermore, 92.6% of all people in A&E
were seen within four hours.
This is despite England seeing an average
of 31 patients waiting in ambulances for at least half an hour per trust, with
comparatively smaller Wythenshawe Hospital seeing 102 queuing ambulances.
Across Greater Manchester, more than 250 people were left waiting in ambulances
for at least half an hour.
Across England, personal injury solicitorsBurnley are concerned that almost 4,500 people had to wait in queuing ambulances
during the three months leading till the end of October due to overworked
staff. In Wales, someone had to wait in an ambulance for six hours and 22
minutes, while in East England someone was held in a queuing ambulance for five
hours 51 minutes.
Personal injury solicitor compensation cash advance believe that figures from recent weeks could be
even worse, as A&E departments struggle to cope with the influx of patients
over winter.
Not only do ambulance queues signal
overworked A&E departments, but they also effectively take ambulances out
of service, which puts the public at risk.
The number of emergency admissions Royal
Oldham A&E Department received was 1,107, with 339 people waiting for more
than four hours to be admitted. While the number of queuing ambulances was
below the national average, the 16 planned operations that were cancelled was
double the national average, while 26 beds were shut down as a result of
norovirus, compared with the national average of 20.
NHS England Deputy Chief Executive BarbaraHakin said that there will constantly be occasions in which people require long
waits in ambulances, and that sometimes this is in the interests of patients'
health and safety.
