APPENDIX 8
Memorandum submitted by Gwynedd Hospitals NHS Trust
EMERGENCY ADMISSIONS-ADDITIONAL
ALLOCATION
Whilst the additional allocation is very much welcomed, its
late notification hampered the Trust in planning the effective
recruitment of additional staff and the setting up of additional
facilities. In this Trust we have been given approval to open
additional medical beds at both Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor and Llandudno
General Hospital to open an additional Intensive Care bed and
also to second a Senior Nurse to the post of Emergency Admissions
Co-ordinator and to liaise with Social Services and other agencies.
These services will make a significant impact on our ability
to manage the additional workload over the winter months, but
the trend is that the pressures are becoming not just a winter
problem. We would benefit if these additional facilities were
funded on a permanent basis in not only managing emergency pressures
but also in continuing to meet Patient Charter standards.
Our biggest problem has been the recruitment of additional
nursing staff to support the additional beds, especially as these
posts are of a temporary nature. Again if these posts were permanent
we would recruit quality staff and plan with their nursing colleagues
the provision of suitably qualified staff.
Therefore in conclusion the Trust is appreciative of the
additional funding but would have welcomed earlier notification
of the funding or preferably the allocation on a recurring basis.
K W O Thomson
Chief Executive
7 January 1998
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