Category: Medical Experts
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Statistical strutiny. 2.
The Bassett report casts “grave doubts on validity of trust data. “The Public Health Agency (PHA) privately cautioned the Western Trust that its conclusions went beyond what the data could support. An independent statistical review confirmed no significant improvement. Yet the Trust continued — and apparently continues — to make its “lives saved” claims publicly…
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Royal College of Surgeons
Cases where a patient will be so badly injured or unwell that the difference in ambulance times will be relevant are thankfully rare. It is also inconceivable that a patient presenting in such a state to SWAH would not be seen by elective surgical teams who are on site and stabilised prior to transfer.
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The myth that bigger is better is simply that… a myth.
“If efficiency is important, why do we still have 9EDs in Dublin”
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The Royal College of Surgeons. (SWAH related statement)
“The withdrawal of emergency surgery services at SWAH will, inevitably, have an impact on rural needs by increasing journey times for ambulances to get a patient to a suitable emergency general surgery facility” The Royal College of Surgeons.
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Health Crisis Headlines affecting us in SWAH.
Emergency deoartment delays leading to deaths, surgeon says.
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Medical Experts Reconfiguration
“no evidence from whole country evaluations that reconfiguration has improved mortality outcomes.”
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Medical Expert speak.
In high volume hospitals so there is something about individual surgeon the amount of time that your surgeon spends at the table doing what it is that they do that makes the difference to the outcome not centralization per se.
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Dr John Browne speaks.
4th October 2023. John is an Epedemiologist emploiyed in University College Cork. Professor of Health Services research. Specialist in Reconfiguration. Senior editor of BMJ quality and safety.
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Dr Louella Vaughan speaks.
Representing Nuffield Trust. 4th October 2023. Acute and Emergency Care: Assumptions and Reality
