In Doncaster and Bassetlaw, there is an extreme risk to staffing of registered children’s nurses on two different sites, which could lead to children being harmed and delays to treatment.
In Newcastle upon Tyne there is an extreme risk of a shortage of radiologists affecting breast cancer screening.
In Mid-Cheshire, there are extreme risks: that a patient experiencing a cardiac event will be missed because of nursing shortages; of major harm to rheumatology patients after getting inappropriate care because of a shortage of consultants; and to dependent respiratory patients, either due to nursing shortages or because there are too few beds.
At Southport and Ormskirk hospital trust, there is a catastrophic risk of inadequate staffing levels in the anaesthetic department due to burn out, sickness, annual leave or lack of sufficiently cheap agency staff. This could affect the safety of emergency, ICU and maternity departments, and could mean that A&E would be closed to high-risk patients, including children.
