New data shows some elderly patients waited 5 days + in A&E, 'a national scandal' Adrian Boyle.

In 2023, almost 100,000 elderly ppl in England wait 12 hrs + in A&E after decision for further care - age group 65+ sees 25-fold increase since 2019.

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Happy birthday and retirement Susie Hewitt.

I am so privileged to have worked with you and your mentorship has shaped me to be the consultant I am today.

Thank you, you will be so missed.

Future England Rugby fan

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📢 Patients are paying the price as no recovery from A&E Crisis in sight 📢

‘This is appalling’ - Ian Higginson 🌈

New data reveals the extent of challenges A&Es in England have faced so far this year.

And it’s stark.

More here ⬇️⬇️

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📢“Every warning light is flashing.'

Read @RCEM_VPs response to the latest NHSE winter sit rep data here 👇

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The parking Kingston Hospital is a disaster. Spent 20 minutes driving in circles with no available spaces watching works vans park in midwife and disabled spaces with no consequence. Then ended up being fined as I had to park to avoid being even later for my appointment.

Emergency care in the UK has been under unsustainable pressure for years. What we are seeing this week is an inevitable consequence of the failure of HMG to address the widespread issues that affect staff and patients. This was written in 2014.

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Thanks Stephen Griffin, a beautiful explanation.

Peter Sivey 𒊓𒅂𒁓𒐗𒐕𒐗 Steve the skeptic Ash Paul Rebecca Thomas Yonathan FREUND Lawrence Dunhill Thomas Shanahan (Dr.) MRCEM In this paper, we showed that the increase in mortality starts just 5 hours after ED arrival and we estimated the size of the effect. But that was incidental. What we wanted to confirm was just one thing: Delays to admission from ED harm patients and so must be avoided. Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)

Please can we instigate this Julie Gibbs ?

We would like to remind Rishi Sunak and Victoria Atkins that we have not accepted a deal, nor resolved our dispute. BMA Consultants can still vote in the pay referendum and details about the BMA SAS Doctors doctors referendum will be available in the new year.

I had such a lovely evening. Thank you #FeminEM #HeninEM

Hey guys. Are any of you GIC instructors and free to teach 4/5th December? We are desperate for faculty for our upcoming course on the Wirral. If you can help please get in touch with me. It’s a great place to teach, brilliant faculty!

It's LDOC concert day - come along if you're free this evening - a fab programme including the awesome Tchaik 5 - I'm excited!
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Ah, more fun from Andrew J

Thank you for making this exhausted ED consultant smile!

Nick Francis 🇪🇺 A single dose of amlodipine is like offering a smoker a nicotine patch that starts working in eight hours…

Trauma in babies under 5 months old is more common that sepsis

#hello my name is Ross NEPTUNE

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