NHS waiting times: Why dropping four-hour A&E target could be good for patients

NHS waiting times: Why dropping four-hour A&E target could be good for patients Officials say there is “clear evidence” that when it was first introduced, the four-hour target improved care, but that it has only ever focused on one part of a now much more complex range of urgent services for patients.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine had said that the four-hour waiting time target had served the NHS well but was no longer enough to force through clinical improvements. iNews