Problems continued during a hospital, with 19 ambulances left watchful to drop
off patients between Dec 28-30.
Figures also uncover that 9 ambulances had to wait to dump off patients at
Tameside Hospital between Dec 22 and 27.
Medics also struggled to find space for everybody who indispensable to be certified –
with each one of a 485 beds during Tameside Hospital full on Dec 30.
A mouthpiece for Tameside Hospital said: “Like many other hospitals
opposite a country, we have gifted scarcely high levels of patients
requiring sanatorium treatment.
“Many of a patients have been severely ill nearing during a hospital
by ambulance. This augmenting direct from a internal race was not linked
to any specific issues, such as norovirus, though to a far-reaching accumulation of complex
health problems.
“The sanatorium is operative with Tameside Clinical Commissioning Group and
Social Services to demeanour during a underlying issues.”
Ambulances were also left queuing during Pennine Acute Trust Hospitals, which
covers North Manchester General, a Royal Oldham, Rochdale Infirmary and
Fairfield Hospital in Bury.
Figures, that have only been expelled by a dialect of health, uncover 135
ambulances were left queuing during Greater Manchester hospitals between
Dec 28 and 30, 54 between Dec 22 to 27 and 238 on Dec 21.
On Dec 30, there were 180 beds sealed opposite Greater Manchester due to
scour and queasiness bugs, including norovirus.
The total uncover that Royal Bolton Hospital had only 19 beds accessible on
Dec 30.
And some-more than 100 beds – a fifth of all those accessible – had to be sealed off
during North Manchester General since of norovirus and other illness bugs.
The sanatorium limited also visiting over this duration though visiting hours
have now returned to normal.
The total also uncover that 72 ambulances had to wait some-more than half an hour at
Wythenshawe Hospital. There were also 27 beds influenced during Wythenshawe and 37
during Central Manchester Hospitals.
A orator from University Hospitals of South Manchester, that runs
Wythenshawe Hospital, pronounced : “We can endorse that on Friday December
21, we reported 72 cases of ambulances watchful some-more than 30 mins to hand
over patients to a staff in AE. This was a thoughtfulness of general
pressures in a AE dialect and a wider Manchester village who
also reported augmenting numbers.
“This was a quite severe 24 hours for UHSM since of
augmenting numbers of surgical emergencies and orthopaedic mishap admissions,
though a staff worked tough to redeem a conditions and say a high
peculiarity of care.”
Bob Williams, behaving arch executive during North West Ambulance Service, said: “This
winter has been an intensely bustling time for a whole of a NHS. The system
is underneath augmenting vigour due to a series of factors such as increases in
norovirus, influenza and children’s respiratory problems.
“On New Year’s Day alone, a ambulance use in Greater Manchester
perceived one 999 call each 10 seconds.
“We always design a high boost in direct during this time, and this
was designed for by augmenting resources that enclosed 13 fast response
vehicles, some-more than 50 additional puncture ambulances and additional staff within the
trust’s puncture operation centres.
“At sold times by a gratifying period, when activity levels
were unusually high, we did knowledge some surges of direct resulting
in ambulances watchful to liberate patients during hospitals.
“For this reason, we are operative intensely tough opposite a NHS in
Greater Manchester to demeanour during ways in that we can conduct these surges in
demand.”
“This includes a introduction of fast handover of patients in AE,
choice sustenance to provide teenager injuries and a towering of 999
referrals done by health caring professionals. There is movement across
hospitals in terms of swell with these initiatives.
“With activity rising as it is, we would titillate a open to think
delicately about how they use a 999 and AE services locally to ensure
that those services are accessible for those members of a open who need
us most.”