Patients in East Yorkshire urged to avoid A&E for non-urgent issues

Hull Royal Infirmary has urged people to avoid A&E for non-urgent conditions, warning that it is under “significant strain”.

 

The hospital said it had seen very high numbers of people attending the department resulting in lengthy waits and in a recent statement urged people to use alternative services such as urgent treatment centres, enabling staff to focus on patients who were seriously injured or critically ill.

 

Chief medical officer at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Professor Makani Purva, said the issues could be seen at both entry and exit points, adding “I’ve been in the NHS for over 20 years and I’ve never seen a situation like what we’re facing today.

 

“Normally, we’d have such pressures only in December and January, peak Winter.

 

“Demands on hospital care are as high as they have ever been right now, with large numbers of people attending for walk-in care, high numbers of people requiring admission, and a high number of people who are ready for discharge, but unable to leave until the right community support is in place.”

 

Professor Purva added that the trust was working with the NHS and local authority partners to create additional capacity, but that took time.

 

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Posted by Tony May, Partner/head of Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.

 

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