Major incident Antrim Area Hospital

A major incident means there are too. Senior trust executives took the decision after the emergency department at Antrim Area.

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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.

. 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. Dr Eimhear Kearney a consultant in the emergency department of Antrim Area Hospital said a potential major incident was declared on Tuesday as a flare for help. 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.

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. That number came down to fewer than 50 as of. I t was revealed that 62.

A potential major incident previously declared at Antrim Area Hospital has been stood down after an unprecedented demand for beds yesterday. 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. 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.

A major incident means there are too many patients for staff to deal with safely. This announcement is one step below a major incident which means there are too many patients for staff to deal. Jennifer Welsh chief executive at the Northern Health Trust said the situation in the emergency department ED at Antrim Area Hospital on Monday remained extremely.

The move was taken on Tuesday at Antrim Area. On Tuesday afternoon a potential major incident was declared at Antrim Area Hospitals Emergency Department while the South Eastern Trust was issuing an urgent. 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.

Jennifer Welsh was speaking after people were told not to come to Antrim Area Hospital on Saturday night in any circumstances. As such a Major. The exercise involved staff from Antrim Area Hospital and representatives from external agencies which.

A potential major incident was declared due to severe pressures in the Emergency Department at a Northern Ireland hospital. The Trust recently took part in a large scale Major Incident Exercise. 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.

Bronagh Gilmore said there was no physical space to stand never mind. On Saturday night Antrim Area Hospital had a disproportionately high number of critically ill patients a number of whom arrived in quick succession. The incident a rare event was stood down on Tuesday evening.

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 had to close its doors on Saturday due to a high level of critically ill patients. At one point 62 patients mostly frail and elderly were waiting to be admitted - the highest number ever recorded at the hospital.

Antrim Area Hospital remains under extreme pressure on Monday after it was forced to close its emergency department over the weekend for safety reasons.

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