Thant Oo

Geriatrician with interest in Acute Medicine or the other way around, Views are on my own! Passionate about patient Flow

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

Reminding me of what we have done 10 years ago!! https://t.co/2Pft4WIOMN

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

2 years on, have we seen changes? It is getting worse, now corridor care is normal routine. Do we have a choice and although demoralising I am still happy to provide care wherever patients are?

[SAM Online @acutemedicine]

"Degrading corridor care and prolonged waits causing significant harm is tragically and increasingly the expected state in urgent and emergency care" @acutemed2 in the @Independent @Rebeccasmt @RCEMpresident
https://t.co/NNu1XxOW93

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

Another year, what A team of Acute@JCUH !!

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

I would definitely stop at 60, it is hard to manage PTWR at 8am then followed by influx patients of so called continuous flow, I have almost lost my sanity in daily basis.

[David Oliver @mancunianmedic]

Long days in AMU/ED on acute medical take hit me harder at 60 then they did at the start of my consultant career in my early 30s. Recovery time....

That said, if i did not do acute medical take or look after big wards i'd wonder what my purpose in life was

So not stopping

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

Agreed with that. We value our F1s as we are only speciality (acute medicine) who supervise and trained 6 F1s who are our core member of staff in our 3 units, 2 AMUs and 1 short stay. The feedback we received from F1s has been constantly positive.

[Anisopoikilocyte @Anisocyte]

This.

We do need to stop devaluing our F1s - they may be the first rung on the ladder of medically qualified professionals, but they’re still substantially more medically qualified than all non-doctors who want to practise Medicine.

F1s are more senior than MAPs and ACPs.

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

A year on but nothing has changed but we see them, provide care to them (might not be ideal) irrespective of where they are in our units.

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

Whenever I used the trem “corridor care”, people look at me as if I came from different planet. Here we go! SAM recognises it and I agreed it is degrading but at least patients are cared for in available space with available resources, not ideal but what is the alternative?

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

North London hospital advertises for corridor nurse amid NHS winter crisis https://t.co/mRk5B4khk4

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

Privilege to be part of this team, Merry Christmas Everyone!!

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

Meet the crack NHS team freeing up hospital beds this winter https://t.co/EGHkYhSjYZ

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

Excellent, yes of course, they will able to attend next call but whether the patient they pick up will have an efffective care is doubtful in ED/AMU full of corridor patients when they arrive. https://t.co/D1yF2pfC1t

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

The corridor practice is becoming “increasingly the norm” across the country in the last few years, “That is a tragedy.” https://t.co/iKC7zHjw6u

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

Corridor care/Stop the clock so called assessment area in SDEC/AAUs as a result, always at front.

[Alison Moore @alijanemoore also on Bluesky @AliJaneMoore]

Has everyone forgotten that NHSE basically told hospitals to get patients out of ambulances and into A&E? Without improved flow, corridor care is the result.

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

Sir Keir Starmer declares gifts and freebies totalling more than £100,000 - the highest of any MP https://t.co/3J2lt0VDWY

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

NHS must reform or die, PM warns, after critical report

Well Labour can introduce like winter fuel allowances. NHS is only free for those who are on warefare benifits.
https://t.co/KeuLlnwPV3

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

100% Agreed

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

Excellent Sum up, cannot agree more being a front door acute physician/Geriatrician, we need more beds and/or social care.
SDEC is not the answer to ED crowding or corridor care. https://t.co/az7ugDovGX

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

@BethSwanson6 @TracyWi87155001 @DavWhitelock @NatalieCock29 @Louip1981 @r_sathyamurthy it is a proof that how flexible our orginasation is and good job @TracyWi87155001 @r_sathyamurthy

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

@DrNeenaJha @Trisha_the_doc @JimBethell secondary care especially ED/AMUs and waiting time for intervention are already broken.

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

@SethVijayan @BethSwanson6 @WilWoan @BCIS_uk @CN_publishing @SouthTees @ACUSouthTees @cardiacinterv @BritishCardioSo Many congratulations: and excellent team!!

[Thant Oo @thanthoo]

well we can reinvent the wheel and should we develope “stop the clock space” adjacent to every ED?

[Charles Tallack @CharlesTTHF]

NHS E are making A&E performance a competition with million pound cash prizes for the top ranked trusts.
This does not seem like a good incentive system.
Note that letter issued today (12 March) for performance in March.
https://t.co/CWrg76ajqC