The Gilbert Bain Hospital is operating at full capacity which means some planned procedures and appointments will not be able to go ahead this week.
We will ensure that clinically urgent procedures happen as planned. Affected patients will be contacted individually.
A combination of patients with longer lengths of stay, patients waiting for transfer for specialist hospital care, limited community beds, and staff sickness levels across both acute and community settings mean the hospital is under extreme pressure. Staff are doing all they can to ensure we can continue to admit patients safely who need emergency care and we maintain safe staffing levels.
Some of our services may see staff redirected from their usual roles to working in the hospital setting. Please bear with us while we work through any implications of these temporary measures. You can support us by ensuring that if you feel unwell, particularly with any respiratory or gastrointestinal illness you do not visit anyone in the hospital or a care home setting.
We will provide an update next week. Thank you for your understanding.