NHS on brink of collapse as hospital bossed urged to declare critical incident
dailyrecord.co.ukTop Accident and Emergency medics have demanded “critical incident status” options for Scotland’s crisis hit hospitals.Throughout the country, hospitals are under siege with ambulances queued outside for hours at a time and some patients waiting up to two days in A&E.
On Thursday, two hospitals in Glasgow came close to collapse with 27 ambulances queued up outside Glasgow Royal Infirmary at one point.At the nearby Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, one nurse told the Record that 64 patients were crammed into an assessment unit with just 28 beds.
Now the Daily Record can reveal that Health Secretary Humza Yousaf staged talks with Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) leaders earlier this week, where he faced demands to allow health boards to declare a “critical status” emergency in the NHS.The measure would allow health boards to target resources at under pressure locations, such as accident and emergency wards.
Scottish RCEM leader Dr John-Paul Loughrey claims the crisis at emergency departments is growing every day.He told how in times of extreme pressure, offices had to be used for patients and some treatments were being carried out in relatives’ rooms.
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