Major incident Antrim Area Hospital

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Edit

THE Northern Health Trust has said staff at Antrim Area Hospital have faced never-seen before pressure in the emergency department after a potential major incident was. UPDATE at 0800 on 131122 Antrim Area Hospital ED remains under EXTREME PRESSURE Please do not attend the ED unless your condition is urgent or life threatening.

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A potential major incident was declared at Antrim Area Hospital in.

. Jennifer Welsh the Chief Executive at the Northern Health Social Care Trust said the. Jennifer Welsh was speaking after people were told not to come to Antrim Area Hospital on Saturday night in any circumstances. The Northern Trust confirmed to UTV that a major incident had been declared.

Discussions are ongoing this afternoon within the Northern Health and Social Care Trust in relation to a potential major incident as pressures at Antrim Area Hospital have. A major incident was declared at the weekend when a high number of critically ill patients arrived in quick succession at the Co Antrim hospital prompting the decision to. The exercise involved staff from Antrim Area Hospital and representatives from external agencies which.

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an elderly patient following an incident at Antrim Area Hospital. Antrim Area Hospital has said that it has warned for some time that it could be forced to close its. We were pleased to have been commissioned to provide civil and structural design services for the hospitals new flagship Accident Emergency Department which opened in 2013.

The Northern Health and Social Care Trust said it had to declare a Major Incident as a resultOn Saturday night the trust tweeted. Nov 13 2022 540 AM. Antrim Area Hospital was forced to close the doors of its emergency department at the weekend after a disproportionately high number of critically ill patients arrived seeking.

The highest level of health service probe has. A MAJOR incident at Antrim Area Hospital that saw the emergency department closed to new admissions due to a high volume of visitors has been described as deeply. At one point 62 patients mostly frail and elderly were waiting to be admitted - the highest number ever recorded at the hospital.

Declaring a major incident is rare and under such circumstances there is a call-out for staff to come into work. The social media call by Belfast trust followed a major incident at Antrim Area Hospital on Saturday night where staff overcome by the workload were forced to close to new. Antrim Area Hospital has said that it has warned for some time that it could be forced to close its emergency department due to safety reasons after it declared a major.

The Trust recently took part in a large scale Major Incident Exercise. Antrim Area Hospital Emergency Department has. Antrim Area Hospital Antrim Norrn Trust.

On Tuesday afternoon a potential major incident was declared at Antrim Area Hospitals Emergency Department while the South Eastern Trust was issuing an urgent. A major incident means there are too many. The elderly patient died following an incident at Antrim Area Hospital Seanín Graham 10 July 2019 0100.

That number came down to fewer than 50 as of. Antrim Area Hospital remains under extreme pressure on Monday after it was forced to close its emergency department over the weekend for safety reasons. Sinn Féin health spokesman Pat Sheehan.

Potential Major Incident Looming At Antrim Area Hospital