Amanda Farrow
@twiglett2k
Mum of teenage girls- EM Consultant- Well-being & Compassionate Leadership are important to me - and Gin
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01-07-2014 22:47:48
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‼️ "We all want to see this issue tackled and long waits ended. For the good of our clinicians, our patients and society as a whole." Adrian Boyle on why we have welcomed NHS England's updated Urgent and Emergency Recovery Plan for 2024/25 ⬇️ dispatches.rcem.ac.uk/the-end-of-a-l…
The King's Fund Nuffield Trust The Health Foundation Four hour performance is still low, but the increase in 12 hour (from Time of Arrival) is more worrying. This is a BAD THING. For every 72 people who wait more than 12 hours before admission, there is one excess death.
The King's Fund Nuffield Trust The Health Foundation Splitting reporting, so that Minor Injury Units, Eye Units & Urgent Treatment Centres are reported seperately from Major EDs is important. I don't really care if someone with a sprained ankle spends 241 minutes in a UTC, but I care if an 85 year old sleeps overnight in corridor
Latest #performance stats for #Wales reveal summer provides no respite for over-stretched #EDs Read RCEM VP (Wales) Dr Rob Perry's response here 👉 rcem.ac.uk/summer-provide…
More than 90% of A&E drs who responded to an @RCEM poll said patients are coming to harm due to the current #crisis in the UK’s #EDs Findings are included in an open letter sent to leaders of Conservatives The Labour Party Liberal Democrats rcem.ac.uk/nine-out-of-10…
Today Adrian Boyle wrote to the leaders of the main political parties highlighting the glaring lack of manifesto pledges aimed at solving the crisis in Emergency Care. The letter contains the results of a snap poll of A&E clinicians. Ian Higginson 🌈 details the damning results
Never has there been a greater need for our political leaders to show direction and act to address this ‘manmade crisis’ A planeload of people a week are dying in our hospitals due to political inaction ! Let that sink in… Keir Starmer Rishi Sunak Royal College of Emergency Medicine Adrian Boyle