With patients at risk of harm due to spending days in Emergency Departments and health care professionals left in tears due to winter pressures, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has asked ‘how has this been allowed to happen again?’
Read @RCEMpresident Dr Adrian Boyle's full response to the latest NHS England data here - tinyurl.com/2ujbhz7m
"My colleagues are running on hard work and goodwill, and our patients are receiving unacceptable, undignified and unsafe care in corridors and in the back of ambulances."
RCEM's Vice Chair for Scotland Dr Fiona Hunter responds to the latest A&E performance data from Public Health Scotland 👇
rcem.ac.uk/aes-in-crisis-ami…
Graduated from Edinburgh Napier University with Distinction. Started my career as a Registered Nurse at the age of 49……never too old to learn. Gifted with the most adorable gifts 👩⚕️
If you do one thing today please watch this
It will break your heart but shows just how vital mental health support for NHS staff really is
Huge thanks to @Frontline_19 for helping 9,000 of us each week
We are also looking for a Band 6 DCN to join the Emergency Department! If you are interested in working in a busy but rewarding environment while learning leadership skills then please apply! @EdinburghEM@NHS_Lothian@MiddyRay
Today we said goodbye to this fantastic leader…….she is going to be a massive miss to our department. So @SarahArch3 thank you for everything ❤️ @EdinburghEM is a better place for having had you
Over two months, a Dispatches reporter has filmed secretly while working in a major NHS A&E department. The undercover footage exposes the suffering and dangers patients face on a daily basis.
WATCH 'Undercover A&E: NHS in Crisis' tonight on @Channel4 at 9pm.
Another fantastic bake off at @EdinburghEM judged by @StuartHamEM, Catherine and Brooke! Our Easter 2024 winner was the focaccia queen herself - MC! Well done 👏🏼🐣🍫
👇 feel like this goes without saying. Plus the level of moral injury to staff is devastating.
ED nurses are a ‘family’ - look out for each other and care for each other (as well as patients) during these really challenging times.
NEW: Lower nurse staffing in A&E is associated with delays in patients receiving treatments and poor quality care - including an increase in leaving without being seen, delay in accessing treatments and medications, and cardiac arrest. @JdaDrennan sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
The theme for this year's International Nurses Day will be 'the economic power of care' and will highlight the need for nursing to be seen as an investment, instead of a cost, @ICNurses has announced.
#IND2024#OurNursesOurFuture
Read more: nursingtimes.net/news/global…
This post is still open for applicants. If you're a mental health nurse who fancies working somewhere a bit different, then check it out. Details in tweet below ⬇️
@EdinClinTox & @AcuteRie are lovely! As are @EdinburghEM Both have good snacks!
@RIE_Lothian
If you're a mental health nurse fancying a change, have you ever considered #LiaisonPsychiatry ? Working in a small, ever growing & supportive team @RIE_Lothian@AcuteRie
At the interface between physical & mental health. Details ⬇️ & DMs open
apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/J…
This gentleman has bought breakfast for the Ed .. as a thank you for "his wife being alive today," his words ..
What a wonderful donation and very much appreciated
@MiddyRay@NHS_Lothian@EdinburghEM