“Exhausted” doctors are so overworked that they risk losing vital functions, which will aggravate the condition of patients, and conditions in crisis hospitals are more loaded than during the pandemic, I it was said.
A recently graduated medical trainee who wished to remain anonymous described how he often cried at work and had panic attacks while medical workers treated up to 20 patients at a time.
“We can often overlook abnormal perceptions such as a racing heart or temperature, or someone not feeling well because we are so busy,” the doctor said.
“If any of you are caring for 20 patients, trying to book scans, doing blood tests, informing family members, prescribing medications, discussing patients with other specialties and the list goes on… you can imagine poor patients. Patients often go missing. The responsibility can be “overwhelming,” she added.
The British Medical Association (BMA), along with its 45,000 junior doctors, is voting to call for a 72-hour strike in March, with members largely voting in favor of the strike.
Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the situation for emergency room staff was “incredibly challenging”.
He said I: “We hear horror stories about people being cared for in inappropriate places, people being given oxygen and intravenous fluids while locked in corridors. We hear horrifying stories of paramedics making long delays to get to people who have been found dead.
“It’s terrible for the patients, but also for the staff. You feel extremely upset. They find it incredibly stressful. People want to be able to take care of people, and when you have too many people, your care is weakened and delayed. Most of our patients are incredibly understanding, but we want to take good care of them.”
The trainee doctor vote comes amid a wave of NHS strikes that saw 25,000 EMS workers wrestle over wages for the second time on Wednesday.
The would-be doctor said: “We were told it was hard being a doctor and the NHS was fighting, but I never thought it would be like that. I have been a doctor for less than six months and have cried countless times in hospital toilets, even having panic attacks that I never had before becoming a doctor.”
According to a resident, the NHS strikes were “not just about money”. “The National Health Service is failing for a number of reasons, one of which is lack of staff, and unfortunately, I think, unless there is a sudden change in working conditions. [a rise in] A fee that could discourage employees from leaving the NHS,” they said.
Dr Nick Scriven, an emergency care consultant in West Yorkshire, described conditions as busier than during the pandemic, with overworked staff dealing with rising flu and Covid cases while going about their normal daily routine.
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“There has been a lot of flu in the last few weeks, quite a lot of Covid. In addition to normal working pressure. Employees are a kind of existing everyday stuff to survive. This is a huge pressure as everywhere is minimally staffed and all the extra beds go even further.
“People are very tired. They need a break, but they know that no one will come.”
The BMA met with Health Secretary Steve Barclay this morning to discuss a dispute over wages and benefits. The HCSA and the British Dental Association also took part in the talks.
After the meeting, Professor Philip Banfield, chief executive of the BMA, said no compensation details were discussed, but added: “The tone was not confrontational, the tone was collaborative. The Minister of Foreign Affairs was a consummate politician in listening mode. It’s about what happens next, that’s the most important thing.”
This winter has been described by NHS National Medical Director Professor Sir Stephen Powys as “one of the toughest in NHS history” as Covid twinemia and influenza have taken a toll on the service.
If young doctors vote to strike, more than 200,000 scheduled surgeries and outpatient appointments are expected to be canceled and obstetrics, emergency and intensive care services are expected to be disrupted.
After talks with ministers on Thursday, Banfield warned that trainee doctors could leave en masse.
“We think this is the cost of junior doctors in 2023. The consequence of not finding the money is that four out of ten junior doctors said they would leave the NHS as soon as possible,” he said.
“Approximately every third doctor says that he will work abroad. And why not go to Australia, where you will be paid twice as much, enjoy the sunshine and appreciate your work.
“The message to the public is that we are now committed to your health care. The healthcare system is in crisis. They should pay well for doctors, nurses and all the rest of the staff. And the message to the government is that you need to invest heavily in health and social care.”
Mr Barclay said: “In the UK, Europe and around the world, healthcare systems are experiencing a significant impact on operational efficiency due to the impact of the pandemic, the rapid surge in influenza, Streptococcus A and sustained high levels of Covid.
“Therefore, as I said this week, we are taking urgent action to ease the pressure on emergency departments, including an additional £200m investment to get healthy patients out of hospital faster and strengthen the social workforce in our 500 million department. aid fund by creating the equivalent of 7,000 additional beds through innovations such as virtual wards and by spending £50 million to expand emergency room capacity with new discharge rooms and emergency centres.
“This is on top of record funding, including up to £14.1bn for health and social care over the next two years – the highest health and care spending in the history of any government.”
Commenting on the planned young doctors strike, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Welfare said: “The Minister of Health and Welfare has made it clear that supporting and retaining NHS staff is one of his top priorities, as is our hard work. junior doctors.
“Our multi-year collective agreement with the British Medical Association provides for an increase in the wages of junior doctors by a total of 8.2% by March 2023. We have also invested another £90m to offer higher salaries to the most experienced young doctors and more allowances for those who work most weekends, as well as higher wages for night shifts.
Source: I News
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