Thursday 22 December 2016

Scheme to relieve pressure on A&E suspended after father dies just two days after being turned away

Scheme to relieve pressure on A&E suspended after father dies just two days after being turned away A scheme to reduce pressure on an Accident and Emergency unit has been suspended following the death of a "devoted" father denied casualty treatment just six days after it launched.

The trial was one of dozens being set up on health officials’ orders amid a growing crisis over hospital overcrowding.

An official investigation is now under way into why Dave Birtwistle, 44, a father-of-one, was turned away from the A&E department at Bristol Royal Infirmary. The Daily Telegraph

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