A landmark survey of Emergency Medicine staff in Wales has found that there are far too few clinicians to cope with demand within the stricken health service. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s ‘Wales’ Emergency Medicine Workforce Census 2023′ is an in-depth analysis of the state of the Emergency Medicine workforce, providing an insight into the working patterns of clinicians and allowing a forecast to be made around the future workforce needs of Emergency Departments in Wales. The census had responses from all 12 major Emergency Departments in Wales and found: There is one WTE Consultant per 7784 annual attendances,
Wales Emergency Medicine: Staff shortages & health service in crisis as seen on The Hippocratic Post.