A critical incident is in place for the whole of the county's healthcare system
A hospital unit that offers same-day treatments to avoid patients having to stay overnight has started running 24-hours a day.
The Same Day Emergency Care Unit at King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, previously opened from 07:00 until midnight.Sherwood Forest Hospital Trust said it had been a vital step in reducing the amount of patient admissions.on 29 December. This was due to the pressures on emergency departments and the high number of patients waiting to leave hospital.Dan Exell said they were doing everything they could to "make every bed count"
The Same Day Emergency Care Unit was designed to carry out things like blood tests, X-rays and ultrasound scans on the same day that patients arrived at hospital. Since becoming a 24-hour operation on 1 January the trust said it had treated dozens of patients who came into hospital overnight.Dan Exell, a nurse on the unit, said: "Every little really does help when it comes to reducing the pressures we are seeing in our hospitals right now.
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