We’ve been highlighting the experiences of GPs over the last week, because they're in crisis mode. Now we’d like to share this from one of the A and E consultants in our network with you; the pressures are building in emergency departments too.
The public need to be aware of this and given clear guidance on where best to seek the help they need (from Pharmacies, GPs, A&E etc.) This will ensure NHS resources are accessed efficiently, and help safeguard patients and staff, because stories like this 👇 cannot continue…
"Every day is a game of patient Tetris. We are constantly shuffling patients out of resus into majors beds, from majors to minors beds etc. so that we can offload priorities from the ambulances. We expect this over the winter, but normally have a dip in numbers March to June…
...which allows us all to recover a little before the onslaught of holiday makers over the summer (we’re near the beach).
The level of abuse towards NHS staff is beyond anything that I have ever seen in nearly 20 years working in the Emergency Department.
We are being sworn at, swung at and verbally abused on a daily basis. All of this unprecedented demand is on the back of a workforce who are exhausted by working through 2 waves of the pandemic.”
These are the knock-on effects of COVID-19. This crisis is far from over. We all still need to protect our NHS by being aware of the enormous pressures staff are facing. We can’t stop supporting one another to safeguard patients and #ProtectNHSworkers 💙
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