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| A&E concerns: Edwin Poots to hear from staff at emergency care summit | |
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| Frontline accident and emergency staff are to get the chance to put their concerns to Stormont Health Minister Edwin Poots. | Frontline accident and emergency staff are to get the chance to put their concerns to Stormont Health Minister Edwin Poots. |
| The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is holding an emergency care summit in Belfast on Wednesday. | The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is holding an emergency care summit in Belfast on Wednesday. |
| Pressures on A&E services have been in the spotlight recently, with a major incident declared last month at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. | Pressures on A&E services have been in the spotlight recently, with a major incident declared last month at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. |
| The RCN's Garrett Martin said a wide range of issues were on the agenda. | The RCN's Garrett Martin said a wide range of issues were on the agenda. |
| "They'll be discussing the pressures that they've been working under, the demands in terms of the volume of patients they're being asked to deal with, the problems that staff are dealing with on a day-to-day basis," he said. | "They'll be discussing the pressures that they've been working under, the demands in terms of the volume of patients they're being asked to deal with, the problems that staff are dealing with on a day-to-day basis," he said. |
| "It's really an opportunity for the minister to hear first-hand from those staff the issues that they have to deal with every day." | "It's really an opportunity for the minister to hear first-hand from those staff the issues that they have to deal with every day." |