Patients arriving at Altnagelvin Hospital's emergency department waited an average of 20 hours to be admitted last month
Patients arriving at Altnagelvin Hospital A&E waited an average of 20 hours to be admitted last month.Department of Health figures also showed a jump of 12 per cent in people attending EDs compared to the same period the year before.
It said use of the PhoneFirst and Urgent Care Centres had seen over 10,000 fewer people attending emergency departments during December.'Worst crisis we ever had' "It is devastating. Staff are pushed to their very limit delivering care for their patients in these extremely challenging conditions, while patients are anxious and worried," he said.
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