UHNS Bed Blocking

Tea and biscuits for patients stuck in A&E

DELAYS: The A&E unit in Hartshill. Below, Robert Courtney-Harris.

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

SENIOR doctors and GPs are to assess all patients within minutes of arriving at North Staffordshire's accident unit to blitz marathon delays.

And patients queuing hours on trolleys will be offered tea and biscuits by volunteers to ease their ordeal.

The medics...

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Pensioner, 91, spends 39 HOURS on trolley at A&E

Monday, January 26, 2009

NINETY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Hilda Harrison has been left waiting for hours on a hospital trolley – twice. Mrs Harrison was among the patients lined up...

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Council tenants could be evicted... to ease hospital crisis

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

ABLE-BODIED council tenants could be asked to leave their homes in Stoke-on-Trent to make way for people with a disability who are blocking hospital...

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Hospital reopens wards after winter bug outbreak

BACK IN BUSINESS: Normal service has resumed after the six ward closures.

Friday, December 26, 2008

ALL six hospital wards sealed off after an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug have now been reopened. But officials at the University Hospital of...

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Sixth ward shut by vomiting bug

Friday, December 12, 2008

A SIXTH ward has been sealed off at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire as it tries to cope with an outbreak of the norovirus stomach...

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Stomach bug shuts 100 beds at hospital

Thursday, December 11, 2008

FIVE wards at Staffordshire's main hospital were today closed because of an outbreak of a stomach bug. The blow robs the University Hospital of North...

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Nurses' union backs quitting hospital chief

Thursday, December 11, 2008

MORE support emerged today for the senior health official who has resigned amid marathon delays at her hospital's emergency department. Val Doyle,...

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Hospital boss quits over A&E chaos

DEPARTURE: Val Doyle has quit her job at University Hospital of North Staffordshire after queues grew even longer in the accident unit. Below, Joseph Bagnall who is one of the many patients who faced delays.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

A TOP health official has quit her job six months after offering to resign if there was no end to marathon delays in her hospital's emergency...

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Bed crisis prompts radical rethink on care

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

HEALTH officials have announced a radical rethink on the provision of urgent medical care in a bid to bring a solution to the crisis at the University...

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GPs attack 'Third World' hospital

Saturday, December 06, 2008

DOCTORS' leaders have branded emergency care in North Staffordshire as "Third World". GPs claim people were being put at risk by being kept at home...

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