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By Marie-Louise Connolly & Lesley Anne McKeown
BBC News NI Health Correspondent
Published
Major change is required if Northern Ireland s emergency departments are to avoid another exceptionally difficult winter, a senior consultant has warned.
Dr Brendan Lavery, who works for the Western Health Trust, said standing still is not an option .
He described the system as currently operating on a knife edge .
The Department of Health said it was a very challenging time for staff with Covid-19 restrictions impacting on an already fragile system .
Speaking to BBC News NI, Dr Lavery likened the situation to Groundhog Day with decade-long problems like capacity and staffing exacerbated by the lingering effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on other healthcare services.
Altnagelvin Hospital A&E extremely busy
75 people in attendance and 24 waiting on beds.
A&E Department at Altnagelvin Hospital extremely busy
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The Emergency Department at Altnagelvin Hospital is extremely busy today, the Western Health and Social Care Trust has said.
A short time ago, there were 75 people in hospital s emergency department and 24 waiting on beds.
As a result the Trust is appealing to people to only attend if they have a medical or mental health emergency.
Anyone considering attending is urged to use the Phone First initiative telephone 03000206000 or text 0870 240 5152. );
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Number of people visiting Altnagelvin s A&E department now almost back up at pre-pandemic levels
Up to 200 people being treated every day at local hospital
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The number of patients attending Altnagelvin Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) is back to ‘near normal levels’ as Covid-19 restrictions have eased.
Pre-pandemic, up to 230 patients attended the department per day. It’s now back to almost 200 per day.
Over the past year numbers attending the local A&E with fractures had reduced by 20 per cent.
At a Western Trust media briefing, Geraldine McKay, Director of Acute Hospitals at the Trust, said numbers had risen because children are back outside playing again and more vehicles are on the roads.