Horrific attack on Taulford Place - sharing in case anyone saw anything?

[northdulmum]

The NHS is being cut each year. As demand grows (from population growth etc) the service has to meet that demand but using the same resources as the previous year.

... so you hear about NHS waste and the 'efficiencies' that could be generated by 'common sense rationalisation' ...

I'm sure there are better ways of running nhs but mistakes are going to happen along the way.

[Otta]

minder Wrote:

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> She should have had

> total priority surely as a pregnant woman of 21

> and what had happened.

>

Why?

I mean, yes she should have been attended to quite quickly, but not sure why she should have had "total priority" on the strength of being pregnant and 21. Especially when we have no idea what other calls the service had received that afternoon.

[TreacleRabbit]

Usually I'm afraid it's because there are more category 1 calls than there are ambulances. They have to ask questions to prioritise based on risk to life eg no breathing, poor breathing, weak heart beat etc. The questions are evidenced based, but not perfect. Every call is an emergency (except of course the hundreds that aren't, but there is no easy way to identify which is which, hence the questions).

Ambulances do also have to queue at hospital to handover patients, so sometimes many are out of action. More money & more resources are needed, and less time wasters clogging up the system (obviously not this case).

[minder]

Thanks for clarifying the situation TreacleRabbit.

[JohnL]

TreacleRabbit Wrote:

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> Usually I'm afraid it's because there are more

> category 1 calls than there are ambulances. They

> have to ask questions to prioritise based on risk

> to life eg no breathing, poor breathing, weak

> heart beat etc. The questions are evidenced based,

> but not perfect. Every call is an emergency

> (except of course the hundreds that aren't, but

> there is no easy way to identify which is which,

> hence the questions).

> Ambulances do also have to queue at hospital to

> handover patients, so sometimes many are out of

> action. More money & more resources are needed,

> and less time wasters clogging up the system

> (obviously not this case).

Some photos I saw recently (not London) of queues

of ambulances waiting to drop off patients at

hospital were frightening.

Isn't that Command & Control/Administration - you'd

think there would be a way around that.