Reposted by Tim Slade
#ICYMI No sign of winter pressures easing. A&Es bear the brunt of a gridlocked system.
Hospitals are running dangerously close to capacity, thousands of people each day remain in hospital when they could go home and the system is grinding to a halt.
Full article: rcem.ac.uk/no-sign-o...
Hospitals are running dangerously close to capacity, thousands of people each day remain in hospital when they could go home and the system is grinding to a halt.
Full article: rcem.ac.uk/no-sign-o...
February 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#ICYMI No sign of winter pressures easing. A&Es bear the brunt of a gridlocked system.
Hospitals are running dangerously close to capacity, thousands of people each day remain in hospital when they could go home and the system is grinding to a halt.
Full article: rcem.ac.uk/no-sign-o...
Hospitals are running dangerously close to capacity, thousands of people each day remain in hospital when they could go home and the system is grinding to a halt.
Full article: rcem.ac.uk/no-sign-o...
Reposted by Tim Slade
"How has this been allowed to happen again?": RCEM President demands answers as winter crisis deepens. With hospitals declaring critical incidents due to flu surges, staff sickness, and high patient numbers, we call for urgent action to prevent further harm.
Read in full: rcem.ac.uk/how-has-t...
Read in full: rcem.ac.uk/how-has-t...
‘How has this been allowed to happen again?’: RCEM demands answers as winter crisis deepens
With patients at risk of harm due to spending days in Emergency Departments and health care professionals left in tears due to winter pressures, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has asked ‘how has this been allowed to happen again?’
rcem.ac.uk
January 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"How has this been allowed to happen again?": RCEM President demands answers as winter crisis deepens. With hospitals declaring critical incidents due to flu surges, staff sickness, and high patient numbers, we call for urgent action to prevent further harm.
Read in full: rcem.ac.uk/how-has-t...
Read in full: rcem.ac.uk/how-has-t...
Reposted by Tim Slade
“It’s so blindingly - excuse my language - bleedin’ obvious that in an intelligent, affluent, civilised society we get this done.”
Sir Andrew Dilnot tearing strips off the government yesterday for deferring addressing the crisis in social care until 2028. (1/3)
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Sir Andrew Dilnot tearing strips off the government yesterday for deferring addressing the crisis in social care until 2028. (1/3)
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Get this done’: Andrew Dilnot attacks three-year plan for English social care
Architect of previous attempts at reform says government could announce what it wants to do by end of 2025
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“It’s so blindingly - excuse my language - bleedin’ obvious that in an intelligent, affluent, civilised society we get this done.”
Sir Andrew Dilnot tearing strips off the government yesterday for deferring addressing the crisis in social care until 2028. (1/3)
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Sir Andrew Dilnot tearing strips off the government yesterday for deferring addressing the crisis in social care until 2028. (1/3)
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Reposted by Tim Slade
Key points made in our position statement on NHSE's temporary escalation spaces guidance, also referred to as 'Corridor Care'.
Read it in full: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
🔊 Sound on for narration.
#ResuscitateEmergencyCare
Read it in full: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
🔊 Sound on for narration.
#ResuscitateEmergencyCare
December 18, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Key points made in our position statement on NHSE's temporary escalation spaces guidance, also referred to as 'Corridor Care'.
Read it in full: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
🔊 Sound on for narration.
#ResuscitateEmergencyCare
Read it in full: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
🔊 Sound on for narration.
#ResuscitateEmergencyCare
Reposted by Tim Slade
We have made it clear that the NHS temporary escalation spaces (TES) guide is "normalisation of what is an unacceptable and dangerous situation".
RCEM Position Statement: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
RCEM News: tinyurl.com/rcemNews1612
RCEM Position Statement: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
RCEM News: tinyurl.com/rcemNews1612
December 16, 2024 at 1:08 PM
We have made it clear that the NHS temporary escalation spaces (TES) guide is "normalisation of what is an unacceptable and dangerous situation".
RCEM Position Statement: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
RCEM News: tinyurl.com/rcemNews1612
RCEM Position Statement: tinyurl.com/rcemTES
RCEM News: tinyurl.com/rcemNews1612
Reposted by Tim Slade
The system is under enormous pressure, but the problems are fixable. 📣 We urge the Government to #ResuscitateEmergencyCare, reviving it as a lifeline during our most critical moments.
See our Roadmap to Recovery: 🔗 rcem.ac.uk/roadmap-to-recovery/
See our Roadmap to Recovery: 🔗 rcem.ac.uk/roadmap-to-recovery/
Roadmap to Recovery
The system is under enormous pressure, but the problems are fixable. We urge the Government to #ResuscitateEmergencyCare
rcem.ac.uk
November 27, 2024 at 5:35 PM
The system is under enormous pressure, but the problems are fixable. 📣 We urge the Government to #ResuscitateEmergencyCare, reviving it as a lifeline during our most critical moments.
See our Roadmap to Recovery: 🔗 rcem.ac.uk/roadmap-to-recovery/
See our Roadmap to Recovery: 🔗 rcem.ac.uk/roadmap-to-recovery/
Reposted by Tim Slade
We welcome today's HSSIB report which makes important recommendations about the use of out of area placements (AOPs) and raises many of the concerns we have on the their impact to patients, families and carers. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Mental health patients harmed by being sent to units far from home, report finds
Distant placements found to have led to anxiety, PTSD and suicide in some cases, as use of them increases in England
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:13 PM
We welcome today's HSSIB report which makes important recommendations about the use of out of area placements (AOPs) and raises many of the concerns we have on the their impact to patients, families and carers. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Reposted by Tim Slade
“Patients are suffering the consequences of a system that is in crisis, while staff continue to shoulder the burden of delivering effective and safe care in these conditions."
RCEM's President responds to CQC's Urgent and Emergency Care survey.
Read more here - tinyurl.com/3ypeesvh
RCEM's President responds to CQC's Urgent and Emergency Care survey.
Read more here - tinyurl.com/3ypeesvh
‘Patients are suffering the consequences of a system that is in crisis’ - RCEM responds to CQC’s UEC patient survey
tinyurl.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:49 AM
“Patients are suffering the consequences of a system that is in crisis, while staff continue to shoulder the burden of delivering effective and safe care in these conditions."
RCEM's President responds to CQC's Urgent and Emergency Care survey.
Read more here - tinyurl.com/3ypeesvh
RCEM's President responds to CQC's Urgent and Emergency Care survey.
Read more here - tinyurl.com/3ypeesvh
Reposted by Tim Slade
‘Working days lost to long Covid could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year as patients struggle to cope with symptoms and return to work, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.’
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/no...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/no...
Long Covid could cost the economy billions every year
Working days lost to long Covid could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year as patients struggle to cope with symptoms and return to work, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 4:36 PM
‘Working days lost to long Covid could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year as patients struggle to cope with symptoms and return to work, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.’
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/no...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/no...
Reposted by Tim Slade
Very careful analysis of NHS data over decade shows high doctor and nurse (especially nurse) turnover linked to patient mortality for emergency admissions www.doctors.net.uk/news/high-do...
High doctor and nurse turnover linked to higher patient mortality, data shows
NHS hospitals that have a high turnover of senior doctors and nurses have higher rates of mortality, a large study has found.
www.doctors.net.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Very careful analysis of NHS data over decade shows high doctor and nurse (especially nurse) turnover linked to patient mortality for emergency admissions www.doctors.net.uk/news/high-do...
Reposted by Tim Slade
Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵
November 20, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵
Reposted by Tim Slade
(1st Bluesky post)
Our members are seriously worried about being able to keep patients safe this winter.
RCEM President: “We speak of percentages and numbers but let’s remember we are talking about people, and a workforce running on fumes trying to do their best..."
tinyurl.com/bssSnapSurvey
Our members are seriously worried about being able to keep patients safe this winter.
RCEM President: “We speak of percentages and numbers but let’s remember we are talking about people, and a workforce running on fumes trying to do their best..."
tinyurl.com/bssSnapSurvey
November 18, 2024 at 10:03 AM
(1st Bluesky post)
Our members are seriously worried about being able to keep patients safe this winter.
RCEM President: “We speak of percentages and numbers but let’s remember we are talking about people, and a workforce running on fumes trying to do their best..."
tinyurl.com/bssSnapSurvey
Our members are seriously worried about being able to keep patients safe this winter.
RCEM President: “We speak of percentages and numbers but let’s remember we are talking about people, and a workforce running on fumes trying to do their best..."
tinyurl.com/bssSnapSurvey