Urgent Care Centre closed

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/85507/rochdale-urgent-care-centre-closed-for-eight-hours


Oh dear. Not a good sign.

Staff Shortage ! Oh dear, haven't they recently won an award for excellence in services ?

Other services have been suffering the same problems, not just at the infirmary, Oldham too.

It seems that staff have had enough pushing about and are not as helpful covering shortages - who can blame them!

The results, I would guess, services run at critical levels of staffing and the higher cost of agency staff.

I wonder what will be closing next, this reminds me very much of the A&E closure!!!

So what were the alternatives?

It was only a couple of weeks ago they were saying how bloody fantastic this service was coping !

Now they are short staffed, sorry but alarm bells are ringing once again, for gods sake stand up and speak out, where is the challenge any more at Health Overview & Scrutiny ?

The purpose of this committee is to (CHALLENGE). I haven't seen one issue regarding health being challenged and no reports in the media for a long time !
   
Sorry, but our Councillors on this committee are far too quiet these days !!!

Although if they didn't have enough staff to run it, due to illness, then they couldn't run it could they?
Casualties from any major accident that happened whilst it was shut wouldn't have gone there anyway.

Dalelad wrote:
Although if they didn't have enough staff to run it, due to illness, then they couldn't run it could they?
Casualties from any major accident that happened whilst it was shut wouldn't have gone there anyway.

Oh well that's ok then, maybe we don't need it anyway.................

Why were bank staff not brought in? This is the question we should be asking.

No something is afoot, the next closure perhaps?

Or maybe, for eight hours, we got through and managed without it this once?
We'll have to see if becomes a regular occurence

Dalelad wrote:
Or maybe, for eight hours, we got through and managed without it this once?
We'll have to see if becomes a regular occurence

No sorry this is not acceptable; there should be contingency plans in place to cover this sort of situation.

This is a major management failure and the person responsible should be questioned; after all they get inflated wages and are responsable for the failure of this much needed service!

A lad from the dale is competing in this year's complacency olympics. "It's all in the mental attitude. I don't bother much with steering, it will probably be all right, things just happen" he said as he was strapped to a toboggan and pushed down the slope.

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This should so not happen at Rochdale Urgent Care Centre after all they only deal with Minor Injuries ?

Dalelad wrote:Or maybe, for eight hours, we got through and managed without it this once?
We'll have to see if becomes a regular occurence

'DOH!' Does the word 'Urgent' have a meaning I am unaware of? Sorry - totally and without question - unforgiveable unless of a 'major incident' taking place at or in the immediate vicinity that would have endangered life. No excuse at all.  

keithatrochdale wrote: Oh well that's ok then, maybe we don't need it anyway..... Why were bank staff not brought in? This is the question we should be asking.

No something is afoot, the next closure perhaps ?

keithatrochdale: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/ae-staff-send-patients-gps-6734768        : -

‘ The plans are part of a raft of measures being introduced as part of the wide-reaching Healthier Together re-organisation of the region’s £6bn health network. '  

Mojo Hill Not sure why you put my name in front of that link, but Rochdale is not part of that.

keithatrochdale wrote: Mojo Hill Not sure why you put my name in front of that link, but Rochdale is not part of that.

Sorry about that keithatrochdale .     I thought Rochdale was part of the same ' region ' referred to for wide-ranging re-organisation of the health network with that earlier link showing a new example of change.   http://www.pat.nhs.uk/Service-changes-and-developments/CurrentChanges/Healthier-Together.php

keithatrochdale wrote:

Dalelad wrote:
Or maybe, for eight hours, we got through and managed without it this once?
We'll have to see if becomes a regular occurence

No sorry this is not acceptable; there should be contingency plans in place to cover this sort of situation.

This is a major management failure and the person responsible should be questioned; after all they get inflated wages and are responsable for the failure of this much needed service!

Who said it was acceptable Keith? I was just responding to your sarcastic 'oh well maybe we don't need it anyway then' comment.

Surely you took that comment as 'tongue in cheek' Dalelad? Didn't you? Am I missing something here?   

And that was in response to my post asking exactly what could they have done if they didn't have the staff, and me pointing out that major accidents wouldn't have gone there anyway, mainly in response to the banner at the top of the screen, 'NHS warns: "Check Urgent Care Centre open before having that major accident!"

Maybe, this once, there wasn't an ulterior motive and they genuinely ran out of staff?

Best hope they don't run out of staff, or something else in the middle of your operation (should you ever require one) or anyone else's. RUN OUT OF STAFF? It's a bloody Urgent Medical Centre. How much more desperate has it to be? At the very worst scenario you would ensure somebody on site with a modicum of medical knowledge - even if you had to call in the local doctor????? I've never heard anything so ludicrous in all my life. 

Jeanie wrote:
Staff Shortage ! Oh dear, haven't they recently won an award for excellence in services ?

Think it might help everyone if there was a transparent up-date published on what services are still routinely available at Rochdale Infirmary Urgent Care Centre.


... yet, from personal experiences of taking people to other hospitals, some of the listed UCC services also 'seem' to have been moved away from Rochdale;     very confusing ...     What is left there ?

Atlas wrote:


Best hope they don't run out of staff, or something else in the middle of your operation (should you ever require one) or anyone else's. RUN OUT OF STAFF? It's a bloody Urgent Medical Centre. How much more desperate has it to be? At the very worst scenario you would ensure somebody on site with a modicum of medical knowledge - even if you had to call in the local doctor????? I've never heard anything so ludicrous in all my life. 

Run out of staff in the middle of an operation? Completely different to not starting one because of lack of staff. The former would be madness, the latter may, MAY, have happened because of illness. We don't know. There was hopefully at least a modicum of medical knowledge available at the place the casualties were diverted to.

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