Stop and think before attending hospital emergency departments
NHS Ayrshire and Arran is asking people to stop and think before attending the Emergency Department (ED), as hospital services are under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.
NHS Ayrshire and Arran is asking people to stop and think before attending the Emergency Department (ED), as hospital services are under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.
Claire Burden, the new chief executive of NHS Ayrshire and Arran, has joined the board this week, taking over from interim chief executive, Professor Hazel Borland.
Health bosses have said for the first time that Covid cases on Arran are high and are urging everyone of the need to live safely and follow Scottish government guidance.
Visiting is being allowed again at hospitals in NHS Ayrshire and Arran after health chiefs were forced into a U-turn.
Hospitality venues on Arran breathed a sigh of relief with the announcement this week that Scotland’s vaccine passport system will not be extended to more venues as they gear up for the Christmas rush.
There is growing concern that a lack of local knowledge and facilities will create disruption and delay for patients on Arran following the announcement that patients phoning their GP practice may now have their call re-directed to a central call handling service on the mainland.
NHS Ayrshire and Arran has reported a huge increase in eating disorders with a 55 per cent jump in demand for specialist services since the Covid pandemic began.
The decision, which came into effect at the start of the week, is in response to the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 strategic framework, current trends of low community transmission and the continued success of the vaccine programme.
All residents over 70 on Arran, and those in the shielding category, have received their second Covid jabs, with the uptake in excess of 95 per cent.