Summary

  • BBC Wales reported live from the emergency unit of UHW on 28 January 2015 as part of Health Check Wales

  • In December 2014, Welsh A&E figures were the worst since October 2009

  • Official NHS figures showed 74.5% of patients were seen in the Emergency Unit within four hours

  • The target for seeing patients within four hours is 95%

  • UHW is Wales' busiest emergency department

  • 10,277 patients sought help at UHW's Emergency Unit in December

  1. Postpublished at 10:32 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    That brings our live coverage from the emergency unit at the University Hospital of Wales to a close.

  2. Postpublished at 10:21 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    @BBCRadioWales tweets:, external Consultant nurse Louise Poley tells #morningcall high percentage of those admitted to UHW Emergency Unit have alcohol related complaints.

  3. Postpublished at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    Sharon O'Brien

    Sharon O'Brien says: "The unit's still full. But things have calmed down a bit now.

    "The patients who were in resuscitation, the man with a stab wound and the elderly lady with breathing difficulties, are both stable and having tests and scans."

  4. Postpublished at 10:02 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    David Grundy
    BBC Wales News

    The man with a stab wound was sent for a CT scan and is now in a stable condition back in the resuscitation bay.

  5. Postpublished at 09:57 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    Sharon O'Brien, one of the senior nurses, told Oliver Hides on Morning Call: "The patient was treated as major trauma. But the patient is stable at the moment. He'll now go for further X-rays and CT scans."

  6. Postpublished at 09:55 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    David Grundy
    BBC Wales News

    The man with a stab wound to his chest has left the resuscitation unit and has been moved to the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU).

  7. Postpublished at 09:43 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    David Grundy
    BBC Wales News

    Staff at bed

    The man with a stab wound to his chest is now in a stable condition.

  8. Postpublished at 09:38 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    David Grundy
    BBC Wales News

    The stab victim who was brought to the emergency unit from the Caerphilly area is currently in a stable condition.

    He suffered a stab wound to the left side of his chest and staff are carrying out further examinations to see if he has any further injuries.

  9. Postpublished at 09:36 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    @BBCRadioWales tweets:, external Roland from Newport called #MorningCall to say abuse hospital staff in Wales and England face is disgraceful.

  10. Postpublished at 09:28 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    Adam Cairns, chief executive of Cardiff and Vale UHB, told BBC Radio Wales: "There is a mistaken belief that emergency units are all about trauma.

    "There is trauma. But by far and wide the people we treat are usually older people who are unwell. Our picture of who goes to A&E has changed over the years."

  11. Postpublished at 09:12 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    Earlier this morning, Wayne Parsons told Good Morning Wales about the four ambulances bringing patients to the emergency unit.

    He said: "We've had a nasty ankle injury and cardiac chest pain being looked at now and there's two more on the way. But we're quite calm and quite smooth at the moment.

    "Usually, that's the pressures we seen day in day out, we juggle with sick patients. I think the good thing about it being free at the point of care is that everyone gets seen."

  12. Postpublished at 09:11 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    Hospital staff

    Staff are preparing for the arrival of a patient with stab wounds.

  13. Postpublished at 09:08 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    The phone has just rung at resuscitation unit and staff say they are preparing for the arrival of patient with stab wounds.

  14. Postpublished at 09:03 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    @CV_UHB tweets:, external Morning Call about to take place with Ruth Walker, Exec Director of Nursing and Louise Poley, consultant nurse Substance Misuse #cavonair

  15. Postpublished at 08:55 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    Police car

    Figures obtained by the BBC show police had to take patients to Welsh accident and emergency units more than 100 times in December.

  16. Postpublished at 08:50 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    @CV_UHB tweets, external: Great interview with Chief Executive on how we manage pressure and flow @CV_UHB #cavonair

  17. Postpublished at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    David Grundy
    BBC Wales News

    Wayne Parsons says the emergency unit is now full again until there is some movement in the medical assessment unit.

  18. Postpublished at 08:40 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    David Grundy
    BBC Wales News

    Wayne Parsons, senior nurse, says the patients brought here by ambulance at around 08:00 are being treated for chest pains, ankle injury and chest pains.

  19. Postpublished at 08:40 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    David Grundy
    BBC Wales News

    Staff are preparing the resuscitation bays for patients who have arrived by ambulance.

    Resus
  20. Postpublished at 08:39 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    David Grundy
    BBC Wales News

    Ambulances

    Four ambulances have now arrived at the emergency unit.