Most Northern Ireland health trusts start to cancel non-urgent operations due to ongoing hospital pressures:
Most of Northern Ireland's health trusts have confirmed they are starting to cancel non-urgent operations due to ongoing hospital pressures.
Meanwhile, the South Eastern Trust said in order to avoid cancelling, it had planned ahead and instead had reduced the number of patients booked in for procedures during the winter months. However, Pauline Shepherd, the chief executive of Independent Health and Care Providers , said it was not a long-term solution.Ms Shepherd told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme : "What I'm gathering from our members is that yes, there have been care beds utilised and there's capacity being used.NI emergency pressures 'will cause more deaths'
Under the measures, if hospital inpatients are medically fit their families can be asked to take them home if they can, or agree to admit them to the first suitable care home anywhere in Northern Ireland if they cannot go home.
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