APPENDIX 10
Memorandum submitted by Glan Clwyd District General
Hospital
EMERGENCY ADMISSIONS
I am writing to give you a brief comment on the extra resouces
made available to deal with emergency admissions at Glan Clwyd
Hospital.
Glan Clwyd Hospital has one of the highest emergency intakes
in Wales and, I am pleased to say, has never closed its doors.
Very occasionally we have been obliged to postpone some planned
surgical admissions, all of which are rebooked within a very short
space of time.
The pressures have been increasing year on year and I am
pleased to say that North Wales Health Authority made available
an additional £117,000 to cope this winter. This money has
been made available to employ additional nurses and a discharge
liaison nurse, all for a temporary period. It is anticipated that,
provided there is not a huge influx of patients over a short period
of time, we will cope with the demands placed on us.
The position in respect of intensive care beds remains difficult
given that short term surges cause particular problems. We are
working in liaison with other Trusts in North Wales to minimise
the movement of patients in intensive care.
One comment I would wish to make in respect of the additional
resources made available this year is that they are on a non-recurring
basis. Sadly the number of emergency admissions seems to be increasing
year on year and I cannot see that we will be able to manage these
effectively without additional resources each year.
G R D Kershaw
Chief Executive
13 January 1998
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