Things aren't getting better
Pressures including more seriously ill patients, delays in ambulance hand-overs, spikes in flu and Covid, and industrial action have all stacked up to make this one of the toughest winters ever for the NHS in Blackpool.
Trish Armstrong-Child, chief executive of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, told a board meeting: “Despite all our planning, despite all the investment available to us, we have been under intense pressure.” She said in her 33 years working in the NHS, this had been “by far the most significantly challenged” winter she had ever experienced.Ms Armstrong-Child added: “There were a lot of things stacking up against us.
This was coupled with a 40 per cent increase in Covid and flu patients, with many presenting with both. By Boxing Day the level of pressure the hospital was facing was escalated to level four, which is the highest level of alert in terms of patient safety. Ms Armstrong-Child warned tough times are still ahead, as further industrial action is expected by NHS staff. Although Blackpool will not be affected by the next nurses strike due next week, it will be affected by further action by ambulance crews and planned strikes by physiotherapists.
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