RESOLUTION TO COG – 22-9-22
The Council of Governors is concerned about the large number of 12 hour plus waits in the Homerton Emergency Department in recent weeks for patients suffering from a mental health crisis. This is bad for the patients and puts a strain on the ED staff and capacity. It calls upon the Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to work with ELFT and other partners in the City and Hackney Health and Care Partnership and the NEL ICS to reduce and eventually eliminate these very long waits with the aim of bringing waiting times for patients in a mental health crisis back to no more than four hours for admission.
Proposed by Malcolm Alexander
Seconded by Penny Crick
The Council of Governors is concerned about the large number of 12 hour plus waits in the Homerton Emergency Department in recent weeks for patients suffering from a mental health crisis. This is bad for the patients and puts a strain on the ED staff and capacity. It calls upon the Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to work with ELFT and other partners in the City and Hackney Health and Care Partnership and the NEL ICS to reduce and eventually eliminate these very long waits with the aim of bringing waiting times for patients in a mental health crisis back to no more than four hours for admission.
Proposed by Malcolm Alexander
Seconded by Penny Crick