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The statistics that track its performance might be part of the NHS’s problem.12 The idea that 95% of patients attending hospital emergency departments should be seen and admitted or discharged… Click to show full abstract
The statistics that track its performance might be part of the NHS’s problem.12 The idea that 95% of patients attending hospital emergency departments should be seen and admitted or discharged in four hours was wrong from the start. Lay friends ask me whether triage still works effectively; the sickest do get seen first, but the four hour limit means that patients do not feel …
Keywords:
four hour;
target emergency;
hour target;
emergency departments
Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2017
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