The accident and emergency division at a hospital within the west of England is closed resulting from strike motion by junior medical doctors.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust has introduced that Cheltenham A&E has briefly closed from now till 8am on Saturday 23 December and can accomplish that once more from 8pm on Monday 1 January till 8am on Tuesday 9 January.
During that point, no minor harm and sickness unit (MIIU) providers will probably be offered both.
It may also prohibit the remedy it offers over the Christmas and New Year durations.
Cheltenham General Hospital’s A&E unit will change to an MIIU service solely from 8am to 8pm on Saturday 23 December to (and together with) Monday 1 January 2024. It will probably be closed in a single day.
The belief stated the choice to briefly change providers has “not been taken lightly” and it’ll work intently with Gloucestershire well being and care companions to make sure these in “greatest need continue to have access to high quality care and support”.
Normally, Cheltenham A&E has a consultant-led Emergency Department from 8am-8pm and a nurse-led Minor Injuries and Illness Unit (MIIU) from 8pm-8am.
Life-threatening circumstances and critical accidents and all different emergency care providers will probably be centralised at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital 24/7 all through this era, the belief stated.
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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust stated it was a part of an “Industrial action update: December and January”, resulting from strikes deliberate by junior medical doctors as dispute over pay continues.
“The latest round of strikes at the busiest time of the year will bring substantial challenges to the local NHS, particularly hospital services, and we are sorry that many patients will experience disruption to services,” Dr Ananthakrishnan Raghuram, chief medical officer at NHS Gloucestershire, stated.
Junior medical doctors from the British Medical Association are scheduled to strike from 7am on Wednesday 20 December for 3 days till 23 December and once more on Wednesday 3 January for six days till 9 January.
The NHS warned that, within the coming three weeks, solely two weekdays within the NHS are unaffected by holidays or industrial motion.
‘Very disappointing’
On Tuesday, Rishi Sunak stated the strikes are “very disappointing” and requested why medical doctors in coaching are “refusing to accept something that everyone else is now accepting”.
Speaking to the Commons Liaison Committee, he stated: “We have now reached a resolution with every other part of the public sector and every other part of the NHS, so over a million workers through the Agenda for Change deal that we did several months ago, including all our nurses, and then most recently with consultants and the other doctor grades.
“The solely remaining individuals who haven’t settled are the junior medical doctors.”
He said the government has demonstrated “appreciable reasonableness” in reaching resolutions with other public sector workers.
BMA junior doctors committee co-chairs, Dr Rob Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi, said in a statement: “The authorities can nonetheless keep away from the necessity for these strikes: we will probably be prepared and keen any time they need to speak. If a reputable provide might be offered the day earlier than, and even throughout any motion, these strikes might be cancelled.
“Every winter we raise the alarm about the NHS and every winter the government fails to put the necessary investment into staff to prevent the crisis – now is the time to break the trend.”
Source: information.sky.com”