One hour ago Nottingham University Hospitals announced a ‘critical incident’, with 200 people in A&E and a further 120 waiting outside in ambulances. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/reports-critical-incident-nottingham-university-8870342
In December 2022, ITV announced Critical incidents declared across several NHS and ambulance trusts in England and named trusts in Portsmouth, Dorset, Surrey and Sussex, Lincolnshire, South Western Ambulances, East of England Ambulances, North East Ambulances.
None in Scotland were declared but somehow Dr Iain Kennedy of BMA Scotland got a chance to claim a crisis in Scotland too. He’ll have felt better after that. https://www.itv.com/news/2022-12-29/critical-incidents-declared-across-several-nhs-and-ambulance-trusts-in-england
In January 2023, Sussex hospitals declared an unprecedented seven-day critical incident. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-64184921
Also, in January 2023, one named A&E doctor and two unnamed nurses told the Daily Record, the Sun, the Mirror and the Express that the board in Glasgow should have declared a critical incident because there were 64 patients in the QEUH A&E department and a further 27 waiting outside in ambulances. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/nhs-brink-collapse-hospital-bossed-28894475
Nottingham Healthcare Trust covers a population of 1.1 million. https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Nottinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2017-18.pdf
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde covers a population of 1.2 million: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHS_Greater_Glasgow_and_Clyde
So, on that basis compared with Nottingham, Glasgow hospitals short of the level for a critical incident.
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67242402
“The number of people in Scotland who waited 24 hours or more in A&E in the first half of this year was more than 250 times higher than in 2019.
Figures obtained by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said that 3,949 patients spent a day or more in A&E in the six months up to June this year.
That compared with 15 patients during the same period in 2019.”
3,949 patients divided by182 days (6 months) equates to 21.7 patients per day. NHS Scotland has 14 Health Boards so this makes it an average of 1.55 patients per day, during the first six months of this year, who were subsequently admitted, transfered or discharged in 24 hours or more.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67242402
“The number of people in Scotland who waited 24 hours or more in A&E in the first half of this year was more than 250 times higher than in 2019.
Figures obtained by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said that 3,949 patients spent a day or more in A&E in the six months up to June this year.
That compared with 15 patients during the same period in 2019.”
3,949 patients divided by182 days (6 months) equates to 21.7 patients per day. NHS Scotland has 14 Health Boards so this makes it an average of 1.55 patients per day, during the first six months of this year, who were subsequently admitted, transfered or discharged in 24 hours or more.
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As the RCEM’s own graphs show, this BBC article and the RCEM’s spokesperson’s comments – given without UK context, without UK perspective – tells a very partial story.
See the RCEM’s own graphs reproduced here: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2023/10/26/royal-college-reveals-scotlands-far-better-wait-times/
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