The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has stood down the critical incident that was called last week in response to sustained pressure on its services.
The critical incident was called on Friday 5th August due to high levels of demand and difficulties in discharging people into social care meaning that St Mary’s Hospital was close to capacity.
The Trust declared a critical incident because it allows it to take additional steps to maintain safe services for the people who need them.
However, following a number of specific actions to enable more patients who no longer needed hospital care to be discharged, some incredibly hard work by staff and the support received from partners and the public, the hospital has seen reductions in pressure across some services.
Steve Parker, Medical Director for Isle of Wight NHS Trust, said:
“We will continue to prioritise patients with the highest level of need and ensure that we can safely manage emergency care. We are still facing significant pressure, although this has reduced somewhat since last Friday and enabled us to stand down the critical incident.
“This is no easy task and requires the support of our staff, partners and the public. Despite an improvement in waiting times for ambulances, hospital bed admissions and discharges, staff at the front line remain under significant and sustained pressure in their efforts to provide safe care. We are grateful to everyone who has taken steps to help us and continue to praise our dedicated and determined teams who have once again been working extra shifts to support the wider Island community.
“It is still important that families and loved ones support us by collecting patients as soon as they are ready to be discharged.”
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The Trust would like to apologise to any patients who have experienced long waiting times or have been affected by disruptions to the normal service as a result.
The Trust would also like to reassure patients and the public that, despite the challenges faced, essential services remain fully open for anyone who needs them so if urgent medical help is required, people should still come forward.
Three doctors and five nurses took extended sickies becase of the nice weather, someone nicked the petty cash so we cannot pay for a locum, these frivolous suggestions are probably enough to declare a critical incident. It is summer, the island is rammed can they not see that injuries and illnesses will multiply. More worrying is that the hospital obviously lacks anyone who can predict such peaks and troughs and put in simple measures to negate the pressure,. It does not seem to matter how much cash we throw at the NHS, it never gets better, it never improves, the waiting lists never shrink, the queues at casulty get longer.
We need to go outside and clap for them.
All these quotes you give, are they fact or just something you have heard and past on maybe adding a bit to it, please tell
If you read my message I did suggest my reasons were frivolous but could quite as likely be accurate,but not but does not alter the fact that forward planning doesseem high on any hospital agenda
Totally agree, the island hospital is simply not fit for purpose, just like the council.
whos the idiot who red thumbs pauls comment?its a 100%true comment! neither are fit for anything tbh.wake up gullable and see whats going on out there
What! Words fail me. The only thing that is correct what you are saying, many more visitors on the island so of course resources are stretched.
Doctors, Nurses and Auxillary staff are entitled to book holiday you know.
Increasing numbers of people moving to the island but our one and only hospital stays the same size. You do the maths!!
Evidence?
No, I thought not.
Just stirring the brown stuff, aren’t you.
Way too much wasted on mental health much faked to gain benefits now.
Have you any idea how hard it is to work on a mental health ward?! Seriously ill patients are extremely difficult to help or deal with. The staff are stretched and work so hard in this tiring and dangerous environment.
Better planning would be helpful overall and across all levels Nhs, council. Our hospital struggle’s to cope anyway without the added pressures of new people and tourists coming here. Recruiting staff is hard as it’s a big step moving here as well. Sadly they often get less experienced ones and the quality of care shows at times. Just saying from experience
The casualty queues get bigger at the hospital a high pdue to a percentage of the island go there for minor ailments because they are caught in a woke society.
Phew, at least we didn’t have to resort to TikTok dances or clapping to see us out of the mess this time.
Good job everyone!
I don’t know how we have managed for decades
No, a bit like how we can’t manage a hot summer anymore without dire warnings and panic. Seems like everything has to come with a warning of impending doom these days.
We weren’t overcrowded or using the NHS for stupid things like gender reassignment which it was NOT designed for for one !
I’ve been discharged from hospital waiting 5 hours in a so called discharge lounge that was if your being discharged what’s the problem getting the meds ready the day before the situation is out of control you which people are being discharged it just seems to there is no logic and reason and no will to get things done quite frankly the amount of money you get to cock things up its a disgrace
At least you still have the pathetic ice cream cone i remember how much that cost we were in the crap then and were still in the crap the system is well and truly broken
Things in this Country will only get worse & worse the more overcrowded we become !!!! Does anyone else not think so ? It’s obvious to me . . ! Bursting at the seams.