Why are hospitals under so much pressure? You need look no further than Salford Royal Hospital to realise the point the NHS has got to.
The trust is generally regarded as one of the best - if not the best - in the UK. It outperforms its counterparts on a whole host of measures from patient satisfaction to waiting times.
But last week it missed the four-hour A&E waiting time target - dipping below the 95% standard by the narrowest of margins. This is not a quirk. It's been dragged down along with the rest of the hospital sector. BBC News
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The trust is generally regarded as one of the best - if not the best - in the UK. It outperforms its counterparts on a whole host of measures from patient satisfaction to waiting times.
But last week it missed the four-hour A&E waiting time target - dipping below the 95% standard by the narrowest of margins. This is not a quirk. It's been dragged down along with the rest of the hospital sector. BBC News
See also:
- Explaining variation in emergency admissions: a mixed-methods study of emergency and urgent care systems National Institute for Health Research
- A&E and ambulances 'close to limit' BBC News
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