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Jan 2021
Covid – local hospital reports up to five-hour wait for beds
Pinderfields hospital has said that patients are having to wait for up to five hours for a bed amid growing pressure from coronavirus, adding that it was trying to address the shortage of beds as a priority.
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Pinderfields, said pressures on bed spaces were causing delays in their accident and emergency department.
Chief executive of the trust, Martin Barkley, said the bed shortage was not just due to the number of Covid patients, adding “Waiting times are long and in the main that’s because there’s patients who’ve been admitted to hospital and are having to stay until a bed becomes available.
“The waiting times and pressures are not due to the people coming in through the front door. It’s the slowness out the back door of the hospital. That’s what’s causing the emergency department to be pretty full.
“As always with these things there’s a multitude of factors. If there was a simple answer, it would be straightforward to deal with.”
Mr Barkley went on to say that he did not want to discourage anyone in need of emergency treatment from coming to hospital despite the pressure it’s facing.
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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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