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Emergency care hasn't "collapsed". It's under strain from a backlog cases unseen during the pandemic. But collapsed? No.
by drumhead 4y ago
Emergency care hasn't "collapsed". It's under strain from a backlog cases unseen during the pandemic. But collapsed? No.
- DanBC 4y agoWhat would collapse look like? If people are queueing in an ambo for 12 hours why isn't that a sign of collapse? If people are dying of stroke or heart attack at greater rates, because they can't get ED care, why isn't that a sign of collapse?
- DanBC 4y agoSo, for example: https://twitter.com/mattdiscombe/status/1562108007407919104?s=20&t=BJAW04MJxuhV9i9PNVDhjA https://twitter.com/mattdiscombe/status/1562108007407919104?... > Almost 333,000 hours were lost by ambulance crews because of handover delays in the 12 months to July 2022 – 18 TIMES higher than the 17,600 hours lost during the same period in 2019 to 2020. What's this if it's not collapse?