A senior hospital manager says it is difficult to secure community care for vulnerable discharged patients.
Andrew Dobbin, a consultant at the Ulster Hospital, warned that patients waiting long periods in emergency departments to be admitted are "going to come to harm".Dr Andrew Dobbin said it had become "normal" to see 50 patients waiting in the ED for admission to wardsDr Dobbin said it had become normal to see 50 patients waiting in the department for admission to wards and for hospital staff to be under "significant pressure".
"The challenges we are having would be in accessing domiciliary care and sourcing appropriate care homes to facilitate patient discharge, and as a result those patients are delayed in hospital awaiting their care package or care home." "We know its not ideal, but it frees up the hospital bed for those patients waiting to come in through ED to also get the treatment that your loved one will have had."The discharge hub manager said there was a need to increase the number of care workers both within care homes and the domiciliary care sector.
More than 375,000 people were waiting to see a specialist at the end of September, up more than 5% from the same time last year.
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