FOI_6886

Internal Reference Number: FOI_6886

Date Request Received: 23/11/2022 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 07/12/2022 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Staffing Levels in Trauma & Orthopaedics

Request Category: Health


Question Number 1: What is Your Hospital Trauma Status? o Level 1 - Major Trauma Centre o Level 2 - Trauma Unit o Level 3 - Local Emergency Hospital o Other

Answer To Question 1: 1. Level 2 Trauma Unit

Question Number 2: Admissions accepted under your T&O department? o Polytrauma o Head Injuries o Spinal Injuries o Paediatrics

Answer To Question 2: Polytrauma (where not taken to MTC)/ Spinal injuries/ Paediatrics (head injuries are admitted under General Surgery not T&O).

Question Number 3: Number of allocated trauma beds?

Answer To Question 3: Trauma beds = 32 Although trauma beds often spill into the elective bed capacity.

Question Number 4: Number of allocated elective beds?

Answer To Question 4: Elective beds = 24

Question Number 5: Annual number of trauma admissions?

Answer To Question 5: Annual number of trauma (unplanned) admissions within Trauma department. Annual number of elective (planned) admissions within Trauma department. Time frame 01/12/2021 to 30/11/2022. Total 2740 Total Elective 1163 Total Non-Elective 1567 Total - Other/Mat 10

Question Number 6: Annual number of elective admissions?

Answer To Question 6: Please see answer to question 5 above.

Question Number 7: Number of Consultants?

Answer To Question 7: T&O consultants: 12 consultants plus 2 associate specialists (10 consultants and 2 AS on the consultant on-call rota 1:12)

Question Number 8: Number of middle grades (SpR / associate specialist)?

Answer To Question 8: Middle grades: 7

Question Number 9: Number of Junior grades (FY / SHO)?

Answer To Question 9: FY/ SHOs: 5

Question Number 10: Number of Advanced Care Practitioners?

Answer To Question 10: ACPs: 3

Question Number 11: Number of Trauma Coordinators?

Answer To Question 11: Trauma Coordinators: 0

Question Number 12: Weekly trauma theatre capacity? e.g. 1 half day theatre, whole day theatre, multiple theatres

Answer To Question 12: Trauma theatre: 1 full list per day Monday to Friday, Half day list Saturday & Sunday

Question Number 13: Weekly elective theatre capacity? e.g. 1 half day theatre, whole day theatre, multiple theatres

Answer To Question 13: Elective lists: 2 full lists per day Monday to Friday, occasional additional half day DSU lists

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