Trust ‘on occasion’ make arrangements with patients who wish to wait in cars as ED pressures mount

Trust ‘on occasion’ make arrangements with patients who wish to wait in cars as ED pressures mount

Staff at Emergency Departments in the Southern Trust area may, on occasion, make arrangements with patients who wish to wait in their cars as pressures continue to mount on already stretched hospital services. However, the Trust confirmed that such arrangements are sometimes made only if patients prefer the option, particularly for patients who are immunosuppressed or uncomfortable in crowded waiting areas, amid what it describes as “significant…