Doctors are warning of “a ticking timebomb” of untreated illness because of coronavirus fears after the latest figures showed the lowest number of people in at least a decade sought A&E care in April.
Many are presenting to GP late with symptoms of MI, CVA, sepsis, bowel obstruction 😔
Obviously some people who should go to A&E aren’t going because they are worried about catching coronavirus but a lot aren’t going that would have before as they suddenly realise what they have isn’t an emergency and are phoning 111 or GP!!!
Having a lot of trouble figuring the logic in this. People delaying referring for conditions will not cause a drop in A&E, probably the reverse.
...plus two million operations cancelled - and the govt still insist they were well prepared to cope...
People are afraid of catching the virus and staying away from hospitals. Same in the U.S. people are dying from strokes and heart attacks because they don’t want to go to the hospital. Your headlines are scaring the living daylights out of everyone. Congrats!
I can’t help but read this & think of Priti Patel & her fall in shop lifting comment! No doubt some people are staying away from A&E when they shouldn’t but seriously. The ticking time bomb is in all the ongoing hospital care that has been put on hold.
Wait till you add cancer patients who have not had treatment or not diagnosed it will dwarf the 30000 corona deaths
Less accidents, perhaps? People staying home means less driving, less outdoor activities, less sports, less parties. All of them have a % of accident-related trips to the Emergency Rooms.
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