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| Cornwall ambulance waits at hospital improving - NHS bosses | Cornwall ambulance waits at hospital improving - NHS bosses |
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| Queues of ambulances have been a regular sight outside the Emergency Department at the Royal Cornwall Hospital this year | Queues of ambulances have been a regular sight outside the Emergency Department at the Royal Cornwall Hospital this year |
| Hospital bosses in Cornwall say they have seen improvements in reducing ambulance delays and people stuck in hospital despite finishing treatment. | Hospital bosses in Cornwall say they have seen improvements in reducing ambulance delays and people stuck in hospital despite finishing treatment. |
| Cornwall Council's health scrutiny committee was told last week recent changes had helped, including more beds opening and new clinical work started. | Cornwall Council's health scrutiny committee was told last week recent changes had helped, including more beds opening and new clinical work started. |
| However, those solutions were not described as permanent, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. | However, those solutions were not described as permanent, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. |
| Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust bosses said "we are not out of the woods yet". | Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust bosses said "we are not out of the woods yet". |
| 'Numbers still high' | 'Numbers still high' |
| Queues of ambulances have been a regular sight outside the the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, this year. | Queues of ambulances have been a regular sight outside the the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, this year. |
| Hundreds of people have also been stuck in beds as there have not been care packages available for them to be discharged. | Hundreds of people have also been stuck in beds as there have not been care packages available for them to be discharged. |
| RCHT chief operating officer Robin Jones told the meeting the position had "changed significantly and positively", with a "reduction in the number of ambulances waiting outside the hospital" in the last four weeks. | RCHT chief operating officer Robin Jones told the meeting the position had "changed significantly and positively", with a "reduction in the number of ambulances waiting outside the hospital" in the last four weeks. |
| He said the hospital was working alongside Cornwall Council and the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and it had taken action to increase capacity by 83 beds. | He said the hospital was working alongside Cornwall Council and the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and it had taken action to increase capacity by 83 beds. |
| The hospital also had opened a same-day emergency care facility for rapid assessment of frail elderly patients, which released emergency department capacity, he added. | The hospital also had opened a same-day emergency care facility for rapid assessment of frail elderly patients, which released emergency department capacity, he added. |
| However, he also said: "We are not out of the woods yet, our numbers are still high." | However, he also said: "We are not out of the woods yet, our numbers are still high." |
| In response to a question about winter pressures, Mr Jones said forecasts suggested the timing of that added pressure was unlikely to change but the quantity was expected to increase. | In response to a question about winter pressures, Mr Jones said forecasts suggested the timing of that added pressure was unlikely to change but the quantity was expected to increase. |
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