1/ dire position in our EDs this morning. On a Friday! Not to forget the no. of corridor beds/ outliers within the wards to truly see the size of hospital medical inpatient capacity crisis. 300+ in ED and I would estimate 150+ in ‘non-designated’ beds or outlying wards across NI

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'If it doesn't change very quickly, the NHS is finished. It's not sustainable. It's going to collapse.' Dr. Hilary Jones MBE shares insights from the NHS frontline as he reads out messages from doctors struggling with the NHS crisis.

'I couldn't visit Derek in hospital, he couldn't see his kids.' Kate Garraway questions Matt Hancock on why he decided to go into the jungle and release a book before the Covid inquiry.

Just listen to these incredible nursing staff. Prove you are listening Prime Minister Sunak.

Anyway I can't believe y'all are making me do nights again. This is like making Harrison Ford pick up the whip for a fifth Indiana Jones movie. Unconscionable.

"It hits you. A bit like a gut punch. Hard..." Do Better nhssugardoc.blogspot.com/2023/04/do-bet…

Latest paper in The Bone & Joint Journal this month by Paul Karayiannis, Michael WC Warnock 🇺🇦, Rcassidy28 and colleagues: Patients in NI waiting for hip and knee replacements have worst reported pre-operative functional scores in the literature...(1/2) boneandjoint.org.uk/article/10.130…

Opportunities to join great team South Eastern Trust moving to brand new ED in Autumn. Ulster ED saw 115k last year, 25k+ were <16yrs old. Working within urgent and emergency care network with 2 UCCs and 1 large ED. jobs.hscni.net/Job/29547/cons…

“We are currently living in our own miracle” #LateLate

"The situation for civilians in Sudan’s #Darfur region is getting worse by the day." - UN Humanitarian "We are deeply alarmed by reports that women & girls are abducted & held in inhuman, degrading slave-like conditions in areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces." - UN Human Rights

Why Belfast? I’ve been asked a few times why my family chose Belfast as a place to settle down. The main reason is that Belfast is special and has a lot to offer families like ours. For its size, Belfast punches way above its weight. The people, culture, schools, natural

Exclusive analysis by our C4 News FactCheck team shows just how bad things are getting in Northern Ireland’s health service. The number of people waiting more than 12 hours in A&E is now 36 times higher than it was in 2009. Ciaran Jenkins reports.

“NI has half the ED consultant doctors it should” according to the Royal College Emergency Medicine.. Research shows there is one consultant per 7,786 ED attendances - The recommended number is one for every 4,000 patients. BBC News NI VP RCEM NI

Done! Jasmin Paris Well and truly. The remarkable, humble and inspring Jasmin Paris makes history by not only starting loop 5 of #BM100 but finishing it 59:58:21 It’s a first for a woman and based on statistics, it may be a very long, long time before this happens again. In

Little musing along the way.... #norniron

If you are ever in Northern Ireland, pray that you never need a gallbladder remov­al, a neurology appointment or a hip re­placement. For these treatments, patients routinely face waits of several years to be seen econ.st/4aMQd7H 👇

UK Health Security Agency latest respiratory surveillance released. 1.flu positivity and hospitalisations rising fast - earlier than last year and exponential growth 2. RSV remains high but looks like it is close to peak - highest rates in children under 5. 3. COVID at low levels and stable.

There is a lot of coverage in NI about our current numbers of patients waiting hospital beds. To be clear, this problem doesn’t disappear when we get through winter and flu season. Short thread 🧵 because this needs clarified.

This event is in Carryduff (Rockmount Golf Club) but it is for ALL PATIENTS whatever GP they are registered with