Major incident Antrim Area Hospital

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. 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.

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The man who was a patient was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital but passed away.

. 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. Senior trust executives took the decision after the emergency department at Antrim Area. A potential major incident previously declared at Antrim Area Hospital has been stood down after an unprecedented demand for beds yesterday.

Antrim Area Hospital remains under extreme pressure on Monday after it was forced to close its emergency department over the weekend for safety reasons. 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. The exercise involved staff from Antrim Area Hospital and representatives from external agencies which.

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 incident a rare event was stood down on Tuesday evening. That number came down to fewer than 50 as of.

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. At one point 62 patients mostly frail and elderly were waiting to be admitted - the highest number ever recorded at the hospital. The Northern Trust confirmed to UTV that a major incident had been declared.

Bronagh Gilmore said there was no physical space to stand never mind. A major incident means there are too. 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.

The Trust recently took part in a large scale Major Incident Exercise. 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. This announcement is one step below a major incident which means there are too many patients for staff to deal.

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. I t was revealed that 62. 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.

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 patients for staff to deal with safely. Jennifer Welsh was speaking after people were told not to come to Antrim Area Hospital on Saturday night in any circumstances.

Jennifer Welsh the Chief Executive at the Northern Health Social Care Trust said the. Antrim Area Hospital had to close its doors on Saturday due to a high level of critically ill patients.

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