Sufferers at Royal Liverpool College Hospital’s accident and emergency unit are going through waits of as much as 50 hours.
Liverpool College Hospitals NHS Basis Belief has declared a “important incident” resulting from “exceptionally excessive demand” on companies and urged individuals to solely go to A&E in a real medical emergency.
The hospital stated it was “extraordinarily busy” amid a rising variety of sufferers with flu and different respiratory situations.
A belief spokesman stated emergency measures had been put in place which might enable managers to name for additional assist and to make modifications to make sure affected person security.
He stated the important incident had been declared due to “exceptionally excessive calls for on our emergency division, particularly with flu and respiratory sicknesses, and the variety of sufferers”.
The choice had been taken “to help the protected care and therapy of our sufferers, which is our absolute precedence”, he stated.
The belief stated managers had been working with companions to make sure that those that are medically match can depart hospital safely and on the earliest alternative.
The belief spokesman stated workers had been “working extremely onerous” to deal with individuals as shortly as attainable however warned some sufferers will “expertise longer waits whereas we deal with our sickest sufferers”.
Non-emergency sufferers are urged to as an alternative use different companies, comparable to a GP, a neighborhood pharmacy or walk-in centre.
“Now we have seen an growing variety of individuals with flu and respiratory sicknesses in our emergency departments in latest weeks,” the spokesman stated.
For individuals who do go to the emergency division, they requested sufferers and guests to observe extra an infection management measures to assist curb the unfold of flu and norovirus.
“This contains practising good hand hygiene, solely visiting the areas they should in our hospitals and sporting masks in medical areas if requested to take action,” the spokesman stated.
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, 2025-01-07 10:25:00
