Measures put in place include the closure of the affected wards, increased testing of staff and patients and limits on "social visiting". "We had to transfer a lot of outpatient work because the estimations [of Covid infections] were so high," he said. Mr Davies said the Royal Glamorgan Hospital and the surrounding areas had a lot going for them and would prove an attractive place for new recruits. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. pic.twitter.com/xt0Mvr7XcX. The full health board will discuss a paper outlining the plan next Monday. ", Patient safety at hospital's A&E 'precarious', A&E downgrade 'needed' due to doctor shortage, Mother backs under-threat A&E which saved her baby, 'Unsustainable' A&E services could end at hospital, Hundreds protest against A&E closure plans, Human error to blame for deadly train crash, says Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. 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A specialist team is said to be meeting daily and a number of key measures have been put in place to respond to and manage these cases, including: Dr Kelechi Nnoaham, director of public health for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, said: "The health and wellbeing of our patients and staff is our number one priority and we take infection prevention and control measures extremely seriously. Mum who spent 45 days on ventilator urges people to protect against virus: When the first wave came, Dr Biswas said the health board had to act as if it was an "emergency situation". Betsi Cadwaladr health board, in north Wales, saw a spike in so-called hospital onset Covid-19 infections in July, which centred on Wrexham Maelor Hospital. ", Life in local lockdown: the rules explained in Wales, More than 5,000 extra NHS beds to be on standby this winter. Local health bosses have recommended that a full-time A&E department should be kept at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, BBC Wales has been told. The resignation of the last A&E consultant at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital has speeded up the downgrade plans About 400 people have protested outside the Senedd against the closure of an A&E . We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones and Senedd counterpart Mick Antoniw MS both expressed satisfaction at the news. Praising people who had campaigned to retain the full service, Mr Antoniw said: "So often the NHS has been there for us. Today, we can all say that we were all there for our NHS. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 2023 BBC. Two wards have been closed at Royal Glamorgan Hospital after 34 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed there. "We are an admission avoidance service, but we work with those people so that if they're not able to go home we try and turn them around as quickly as possible. A separate study of 1,500 hospital cases in the UK in April found one in eight patients who had received coronavirus treatment had caught it while in hospital. One patient had already died because of an overdependence on agency or locum staff, and the health board was aware of other cases when patients were put in danger. "I would like to reassure the public that immediate action has been taken to address this outbreak, and although it is too early to confirm the end of the outbreak, early evidence suggests that this has resulted in the number of infections transmitted within the hospital being contained.". Two wards at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital have been closed due to a coronavirus outbreak Two wards of a hospital have been closed after an outbreak of coronavirus cases, a health board. Most operations have been cancelled at the hospital and some wards where patients and staff had been infected were closed. He said this would inevitably lead to patients spending considerable amounts of time on wards before returning to their care settings. Royal Glamorgan Hospital: A&E 'to remain fully open' 22 June 2020 Protesters have voiced strong opposition to plans to downgrade A&E at Royal Glamorgan By Owain Clarke BBC Wales health. "We were also informed that the last permanent consultant at the hospital is shortly due to retire and we are clear that there needs to be an urgent review into how services operate in the future. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Covid origin likely China lab incident - FBI chief, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones and Senedd counterpart Mick Antoniw MS both expressed satisfaction at the news. Royal Glamorgan Hospital (A&E) Typical time in department 1: Up to 3 hrs 30 mins . "At the moment people are starting to have colds, sniffles and a rise in temperature as the weather is changing. Closed weekends. One patient had already died because of an overdependence on agency or locum staff, and the health board was aware of other cases when patients were put in danger. Read about our approach to external linking. The Royal Glamorgan Hospital, along with Prince Charles in Merthyr Tydfil, have been under the spotlight over the past year after a major report identified major failings in their maternity services. It's just after dawn and senior staff at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital are holding their morning meeting. 2023 BBC. Something went wrong, please try again later. We have one consultant for every 15,000 people here, when the UK average is around 7,000 people per consultant. Urgent and "robust action" has been taken at the the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Wales where. DeSantis won't say he's running. Paul Mears, the chief executive of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University health board, said: We have taken range of swift and decisive actions to try to manage this outbreak, which include immediate closure of affected wards, risk assessments of affected and at-risk wards, reviews of infection prevention and control measures and their implementation, increased testing of healthcare staff and testing of all hospital admissions. During his stay, he witnessed staff working under intense pressure, and is full of praise for their efforts. He said: "At the end of the day, we as medics can only do so much. What's he waiting for? After a public consultation, health boards and community health councils finally agreed on a series of recommendations. pic.twitter.com/xt0Mvr7XcX. Local health bosses have recommended that a full-time A&E department should be kept at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, BBC Wales has been told. Big credit to local campaigners who put forward their case so strongly & made the health board & Welsh Government sit up and listen. Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is looking at four different proposals, Keep up to date with the latest stories with our WalesOnline newsletter. "Our argument to retain and boost staffing levels with a clear and energetic recruitment drive was strong enough but when the coronavirus pandemic occurred, the importance of hospital capacity and local services was reinforced significantly. ", Claire Walker, the team's principal social worker, said: "We're trusted assessors in this role, so we'll assess somebody straight away and within those few hours we can identify exactly what it is that they need and access that service that's needed to support that discharge home.". "The evidence highlights the rise in cases in the 40-plus age group and shows that the virus is not just affecting the elderly or vulnerable. However, I'm not a scientist or an epidemiologist. A&E departments become chock-a-block when there's a mismatch between numbers of patients coming in and the beds available on the wards. Yes, you might not get it, but your elderly relative might get it and die.". ", She continues: "The patients kept coming in through the front door but we were unable to look after them in the areas that we had so we had to open up extra areas in the hospital to be able to accommodate those patients safely.". Reacting to the news, Plaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth MS said the rise in cases at the hospital was concerning. cwmtaf .wales /visiting /royal-glamorgan-hospital /. "But this time around we can be more measured in our approach, bringing in a planned escalation policy so we can run a normal service for as long as possible. "I understand that the hospitality industry and the economy are in a bad state, but if you want to really address it wouldn't it be better to take a sharp measure [shutting pubs and bars] for a short period than saying it will last for six months? Was the plan to downgrade A&E at the Royal Glamorgan new? We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. One ward at Glangwli Hospital is shut, while orthopaedic surgery has been temporarily suspended at Prince Philip Hospital and Withybush Hospital. The health board said early evidence suggested the outbreak was "contained". "Ultimately we don't want to keep anyone in hospital and there are people we aren't able to turn around. "But a lot of this has to be done in our own time, in addition to tackling Covid.". On Christmas Day and Boxing Day 2019, due to the sickness of middle-grade emergency department doctors, the Royal Glamorgan A&E was not able to maintain normal medical staffing levels and had to divert seriously ill patients to other hospitals. The health board says it is taking on a number of "urgent and significant" actions to try to contain the virus and ensure the safety of its staff and patients. An immediate risk assessment of affected and at-risk wards; A review of infection prevention and control measures and their implementation; Increased and targeted testing of healthcare staff; Testing of all emergency and elective hospital admissions; Limiting social visiting in the hospitals. "A lot of people have started feeling that they need to live their lives and will just take the chance. Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board said it was taking "robust action" after 34 positive cases at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Read about our approach to external linking. Dr Nnoaham added it was "vital that we all play our part" in helping reduce the spread of coronavirus. However, an independent panel set up by Health Minister Vaughan Gething to oversee improvements in maternity has found that encouraging signs of progress are now being made during their last review between October and December 2019. 2023 BBC. Phone First for Minor Injury Units in Powys: 01639 844777 1 The . Bosses say they have recruited enough staff now to keep the department open. "It must be made clear that this is not a funding issue, but that there is simply a lack of consultants - not just in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board area or even across Wales, but across the UK as a whole. Two wards have been closed at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant after an outbreak of coronavirus. Planned surgery is being suspended with the exception of a very small number of urgent cancer cases. The number of confirmed cases on the wards has risen in line with a surge of confirmed cases in the community, it added. In response, dozens of so-called "surge beds" across the hospital had to be opened up. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. These included closing A&E at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, but in the intervening period there was little change. In 2014, five south Wales health boards devised a plan to address concerns that maternity care, baby care, children's hospital care and emergency medicine were spread too thinly across too many hospitals. Changes to children's hospital care have been repeatedly postponed. Not all problems are resolved so it makes sense for the campaigners to keep in touch. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. These included high numbers of hospital infections in Aneurin Bevan health board in March, followed by Cwm Taf and Cardiff and Vale health boards in April. Rhondda AM and former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood, who was at the health board's meeting in Abercynon on Friday morning, said: "During the meeting I expressed my anger at the current situation. Instead, 6m has been ploughed into the Royal Glamorgan to build a diagnostic hub and a new 50-bed acute medicine unit. He added: "What is the point in saying to people that they should socially distance, and then have three days a week when you can get a half price meal? Read about our approach to external linking. Teams have been working at pace to implement robust measures to manage the outbreak. In adjacent Rhondda Cynon Taf, infection rates are higher at 471.3 per 100,000 population. "Cases of Covid-19 have been steadily rising across our communities and it is vital is that we all play our part in helping to reduce the spread of the virus through social distancing, good hand hygiene, the wearing of masks and PPE in appropriate settings and following the latest government measures on further restrictions.". That's the main reason this whole system works. A Welsh health board has closed a number of hospital wards to visitors due to a surge of coronavirus cases in the area. "We only have a finite number of hospital beds. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Why Covid lab-leak theory is now being taken seriously, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. In 2014, five south Wales health boards devised a plan to address concerns that maternity care, baby care, children's hospital care and emergency medicine were spread too thinly across too many hospitals. That can be very scary and mentally very draining.". But without that sense of team spirit, she said staff would consider their futures. ", Councillor Andrew Morgan, Leader of RCT Council, provides an update on today's news that 24 hour A&E services are recommended to be retained at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, along with a review into enhanced local health services at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon and Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda. Thank you everyone who fought for this!! "I think we will manage because NHS staff are incredibly dedicated, motivated people. "What I think is frustrating is that some people are seeing memes and posts on social media and have started thinking 'this is not something I need to be worried about anymore'. 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Read about our approach to external linking. Wednesday 30 September 2020, 5:28pm. But even with this effort, pretty much all staff tell me there are too many patients medically well enough to leave the hospital who can't - in no small part due to shortages of care in the community. So, at the morning meeting, all wards and departments are trying to identify any patients who might be able to be safely discharged to free up scarce and precious beds - but they are few and far between. The hospital is in Llantrisant in Rhondda Cynon Taf, which has seen a recent spike in cases, leading to tighter restrictions being put in place. A separate study of 1,500 hospital cases in the UK in April found one in eight patients who had received coronavirus treatment had caught it while in hospital. Read about our approach to external linking. But to then get so many cases so quickly is a definite matter of concern," said Dr Biswas, who contracted Covid-19 himself in May but has since recovered. We certainly weren't expecting this degree of a second wave at this stage. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The NHS faces a nationwide shortage of A&E consultants, with the bigger trauma centres finding it easier to attract staff. Prince Andrew offered Frogmore Cottage - reports, Ed Sheeran says wife developed tumour in pregnancy, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, Man survives 31 days in jungle by eating worms, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Bieber cancels remaining Justice world tour dates, Eli Lilly caps monthly insulin costs in US at $35. Read about our approach to external linking. Plans to concentrate certain services at fewer hospital sites has been slowly implemented since 2014 when the South Wales Programme was first created. What have campaigners been worried about? Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board said rising numbers of Covid. Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has. These decisions have not been taken lightly, and we understand that they will impact our patients, their families, our staff and partner organisations. "As part of my management role I have been trying to get some clinical planning in place. Dr Sharon Hopkins, interim CEO at Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB, said: "Staff across the health board have worked exceptionally hard to continue to deliver consultant-led 24 hour emergency services and inpatient paediatric services from the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, as well as the Princess of Wales and Prince Charles Hospitals. News; Agenda; Spectacles. But gladly he can go home soon, freeing up a much-needed bed. . People will see that 10pm is approaching and quickly order more drinks. Currently in department 2: 60 patients (Busier than usual) Open 24 hours 7 days a week. 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