April A & E attendance dropped by 57%, the lowest ever

A & E As the new NHS data show, attendance at British hospitals was at a record low as coronavirus pandemics raged.

Attendance rate in April decreased by 57% compared to the same month last year.

Data released by NHS England on Thursday show 900,000 attendances recorded in April 2020, compared to 2.1 million in April 2019.

This number is the lowest in the calendar month since the current record began in August 2010.

NHS England, which published the numbers, said this fall “is likely the result of Covid-19 compliance,” indicating that people are away from the A & E department due to the coronavirus outbreak.

It also shows that the number of patients waiting to start treatment at the end of March decreased from 4.4 million in the previous month to 4.2 million.

On the other hand, health leaders It will take months before the NHS will be able to fully resume service in the face of Covid-19..

Health Foundation, Kings Fund, and Nuffield Trust experts will speak to Parliamentarians on Thursday about the key challenges facing healthcare services in creating a “new common sense.”

Another report from an NHS provider representing the NHS organization warns that there is a challenge in strengthening the care of people with non-Covid conditions while caring for Covid patients.

In a joint submission to the Commons Health and Social Care Committee, Health Foundation, Kings Fund and Nuffield Trust, the government and healthcare care leaders said they should not underestimate the effects of a pandemic on staff that are already depleted.

They warned that an information campaign was needed to encourage the public to overcome their fears and resume use of the NHS, and in addition to normal winter pressures such as seasonal flu, the second peak of Covid-19. I warned that I should prepare for the possibility of.

Organizations will also need more personal protective equipment (PPE) when non-Covid services are resumed, allocating more space to keep patients and staff socially separated, and more It states that a high level of testing is needed.

These factors, along with the additional time required to clean equipment and equipment, “significantly limit capacity for months before the infection is under control of the community,” they said.

The group warned that the pandemic exposed “existing weaknesses”, apparently long-term underinvestment in healthcare services, and “volatile” social care systems. These issues are in demand that need to be addressed along with the outstanding issues. “

Nigel Edwards, CEO of Nuffield Trust, said: “The virus is still large, and there is no easy route back to the previous state of the NHS.

“We need to control infections and keep people safe by remodeling hospitals and services throughout our community to isolate patients with coronavirus and test them at all levels for rapid and constant testing.

“It must be honest that this slows things down.”

Reports from NHS providers say that restarting the full range of NHS services while managing the coronavirus threat is a major challenge and reflects some of these calls.

The Trust says that Covid-19 patients should continue to be cared for and the system should have sufficient capacity in case of a second wave of infection.

It warns of the backlog, the increasing demand for mental health services due to the impact of Covid-19, and the need for care of NHS staff who have experienced very high pressure “once in a career” situations.

New challenges include lack of PPE and testing, lack of key drugs and equipment such as anesthetics and renal dialysis machines, and staff needing deferred leave to care for patients with coronavirus. ..

“Given the scale of these challenges and constraints, it is already clear that the NHS Trust cannot provide everything that is expected,” the report warned. “Therefore we have to have an open and frank discussion about priorities.”

NHSプロバイダーの最高経営責任者であるクリス・ホプソン氏は、ヘルスアンドソーシャルケア選択委員会にも証拠を提出している、と述べています。私たちはマラソンになることを知っています。

「残りのレースの挑戦の規模が見えてきました。トラストはできる限り迅速にサービスを再開するために全力を尽くします。

「彼らはこれまで一貫して行ってきたすべての問題の解決に努めます。

「彼らは過去2か月に開発したイノベーションに基づいて構築されます。たとえば、危機前の200に対して、現在オンラインで提供されている6,000の患者相談のように。

「しかし、これまでのところパンデミックからの重要な教訓の1つは、過大な約束をすることではありません。NHSは現在求められているすべてを提供できないことを認識しなければなりません。期待はすでに現実よりはるかに進んでいます。」

病院の後に来る 3月の記録は29％減少した 昨年の同じ月と比較して。

2020年3月のA＆Eの参加者数は153万人でしたが、2019年3月の参加者は217万人でした。