Thursday, 15 March 2012

Hospital capacity blamed for emergency admission delays

Hospital capacity blamed for emergency admission delays: Lack of capacity in hospitals is being blamed for frequent blockages in emergency departments.
Data seen by HSJ suggests that patients have already spent hundreds of hours stuck outside hospitals in ambulances this year.
Incidents where a patient is in an ambulance at the hospital but is not able to be admitted for more than an hour are known as “black breaches” and already during the first seven we... Healthcare Today

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