Reducing emergency admissions

Reducing emergency admissions Emergency admissions cost the NHS £13.7 billion in 2015-16 and pose a serious challenge to both the service and financial position of the NHS, according to today’s report by the National Audit Office (NAO). Over the last four years, the NHS has done well to manage the impact on hospitals, despite admitting more people as emergency admissions. While progress has been made in some areas the challenge of managing emergency admissions is far from being under control.

See also:

• NHS England treats too many patients as an emergency, watchdog warns The Guardian
• Government 'acted too late' to prevent crisis this winter, MPs warn after auditors' report The Independent