Senior doctors are leaving A&E units in Britain, with one in 25 emergency consultants emigrating last year.<\/p>\n
In 2013, 44 of the most senior A&E doctors left Britain, with most seeking employment in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. That is compared to just 15 in 2012 and two in 2009.<\/p>\n
Over the past four years, nearly 100 consultants have left A&E units, with nine emigrating in January 2014 alone.<\/p>\n
There are staffing issues across the board, as last year it was announced that half of A&E training posts are unfilled, with junior doctors choosing to specialise in other areas of medicine.<\/p>\n
Cliff Mann, president of the College of Emergency Medicine, blamed the rising pressure placed upon A&E practitioners.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt times it\u2019s obvious that staff are running around like headless chickens trying to cope and patients do report that people in A&E are exhausted and burning out\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the Patient\u2019s Association, described the figures as \u201cshocking\u201d. She added:<\/p>\n
\u201cMany of these patients are very vulnerable and in extreme pain and discomfort and need reassurance that they will be examined and treated by competent staff in the A&E.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said: \u201cThese worrying new figures raise the alarming prospect that A&E in England is now trapped in a downward spiral. A&E doctors have left the NHS in droves because of the relentless pressure.<\/p>\n
\u201cHospital A&Es in England have missed the government\u2019s waiting target for 46 weeks running. The government cannot evade responsibility for creating this vicious circle.\u201d<\/p>\n
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