A&E stats may have to be recalculated NHS hospital trusts in England may have to recalculate A&E performance figures from last October onwards.
The UK Statistics Authority has told NHS England to explain changes to the recording of A&E data.
It says the changes - highlighted by BBC News - could have left people reaching "misleading conclusions".
They raise questions over some trusts' performance on the highest profile NHS performance target - that patients in A&E are seen within four hours.
Dr Taj Hassan, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: "The changes that are understood to have been made to recording practice throw doubt on whether the scale of the crisis facing emergency medicine - made so clear in December's data - is actually greater than first thought."
The letter focuses on advice given to trusts by the health regulator NHS Improvement. BBC News
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The UK Statistics Authority has told NHS England to explain changes to the recording of A&E data.
It says the changes - highlighted by BBC News - could have left people reaching "misleading conclusions".
They raise questions over some trusts' performance on the highest profile NHS performance target - that patients in A&E are seen within four hours.
Dr Taj Hassan, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: "The changes that are understood to have been made to recording practice throw doubt on whether the scale of the crisis facing emergency medicine - made so clear in December's data - is actually greater than first thought."
The letter focuses on advice given to trusts by the health regulator NHS Improvement. BBC News
See also:
- Accident and Emergency Statistics in England UK Statistics Authority
- NHS accused of fiddling A&E figures to downplay extent of crisis The Daily Telegraph
- Labour seeks action on 'misleading' A&E data The Guardian
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