'We almost grind to a halt…it’s so frustrating'
A hospital’s accident and emergency department has routinely operated at twice its capacity over recent months. Northampton General Hospital has capacity for 60 patients in its A&E but has had to treat up to 120 people at peak times “almost every day" this winter, a consultant said.
"We should have around 60 patients in our emergency department but in the early evening almost every day in the winter we have had between 100 and 120 on a normal day," she said.“The real problem for us as doctors is how inefficient we become when we are full. When you have no cubicles, you cannot see a patient.
Dr Vince said the A&E's resuscitation capacity has been “overwhelmed almost every day”. She added: “It feels like you can never make a good decision, you’re just making the least worst decision.” "Every single week there are people sat in chairs…and I just don’t recognise that as the health service that I trained in.” She said that team spirit amongst staff was good, work amongst it has been "fantastic" and that they work “really well” together.
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