The BBC have just published an on-line device that lets you see how your local A&E is coping this winter LINK
These are a selection of the results for Northwick Park:
As well as these issues the treatment of mental health patients is giving cause for anxiety.
Sarah Cox has posted this on Brent Fightback Facebook:
BRENT NHS KEEP YOUR PROMISES
Before the Central Middlesex A & E closed on September 10th, several people with mental health issues had raised fears about what would happen after the closure if they needed to be admitted to the mental health hospital close by in Park Royal . I asked a question about this at a packed Health Partners Forum because having to go all the way to Northwick Park A & E in order to be admitted to Park Royal, would obviously entail extra stress for patients in an already vulnerable state. The whole meeting was assured that those responsible were aware of that problem and that there would be relevant professionals on the staff of the Urgent Care Centre at Central Middlesex so that patients requiring admission to Park Royal would not need to go to A & E at Northwick Park.
These are a selection of the results for Northwick Park:
As well as these issues the treatment of mental health patients is giving cause for anxiety.
Sarah Cox has posted this on Brent Fightback Facebook:
BRENT NHS KEEP YOUR PROMISES
Before the Central Middlesex A & E closed on September 10th, several people with mental health issues had raised fears about what would happen after the closure if they needed to be admitted to the mental health hospital close by in Park Royal . I asked a question about this at a packed Health Partners Forum because having to go all the way to Northwick Park A & E in order to be admitted to Park Royal, would obviously entail extra stress for patients in an already vulnerable state. The whole meeting was assured that those responsible were aware of that problem and that there would be relevant professionals on the staff of the Urgent Care Centre at Central Middlesex so that patients requiring admission to Park Royal would not need to go to A & E at Northwick Park.
I have now learned
that this was not true. Mental Health patients who need to be admitted
to Park Royal are being told to go to A & E at Northwick Park where
they face long waits before being sent all the way back to Park Royal.
This adds greatly to their stress and anxiety.
What can we do to make the relevant authorities keep their promises?
What can we do to make the relevant authorities keep their promises?
