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Emergency Department attendance, waiting times and staffing (FOI)

Emergency Department attendance, waiting times and staffing (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 12 October 2021.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

A

For each week of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 (to date) please provide a table showing:

  • The total number of people turning up to Accident and Emergency (A&E)

  • The average waiting time for all patients

  • The average waiting time for children

  • The average number of staff on shift in A&E at any one time

B

Please confirm how patients attending A&E are prioritised (eg by severity of illness / age?)

Response

A

The table attached shows the count of Emergency Department (ED) attendances by Year and Week Number (Monday-Sunday) as well as:

Average time to triage – Calculated from the time the patient checked in with ED reception to the time they were seen by the triage nurse.

Average total stay in department – Calculated from the time the patient checked in with ED reception to the time they were marked as discharged from the department.

Emergency Department attendances 

Current average staffing:

Early Shift - 6 RNs / 1 HCA / 1 ENP (covers 08:00 – 16:00)

Late Shift - 5 RNs / 1 HCA

Night Shift - 4 RNs / 1 HCA

B

The Emergency Department uses the Manchester Triage System.

Manchester Triage (MTS) (triagenet.net)

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