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A&E units are treating a sudden surge in young children suffering from infections usually only seen in winter after the rules on social contact were relaxed, doctors have revealed.
Anxious parents are bringing in preschool age children who have a high temperature and difficulty breathing, increasing demand on emergency departments that are already “overwhelmed”.
“On Monday, we set a new record for the number of children seen in 24 hours in our department, and that’s in the middle of summer,” said Dr Dan Magnus, a consultant in children’s emergency medicine at Bristol Royal hospital. “We are effectively running a winter-level emergency department response in the summertime.”
Similarly, the number of children attending Watford general hospital with fever has shot up from about 20 a week in early February to more than 100 a week earlier this month.
www.theguardian.com
I seem to remember, pre-Covid, that a lot of A&Es were being overwhelmed because people were heading there as they couldn't get an appointment with their GP for maybe several weeks. Pretty sure that situation hasn't improved, and once people get their confidence back that they won't catch Covid it won't only be the children flooding A&Es because they can't get GP appointments
Anxious parents are bringing in preschool age children who have a high temperature and difficulty breathing, increasing demand on emergency departments that are already “overwhelmed”.
“On Monday, we set a new record for the number of children seen in 24 hours in our department, and that’s in the middle of summer,” said Dr Dan Magnus, a consultant in children’s emergency medicine at Bristol Royal hospital. “We are effectively running a winter-level emergency department response in the summertime.”
Similarly, the number of children attending Watford general hospital with fever has shot up from about 20 a week in early February to more than 100 a week earlier this month.
A&E units in UK report rapid rise in children’s infections
Problems usually only seen in winter are surfacing after easing of social contact rules
www.theguardian.com
I seem to remember, pre-Covid, that a lot of A&Es were being overwhelmed because people were heading there as they couldn't get an appointment with their GP for maybe several weeks. Pretty sure that situation hasn't improved, and once people get their confidence back that they won't catch Covid it won't only be the children flooding A&Es because they can't get GP appointments
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