Surgeons to guard hospital doors this winter in bid to stop overcrowding Surgeons should be posted at hospital front doors this winter to turn away non-urgent patients from A&E, the professions leadership has said.
In an unprecedented appeal, the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) said even its most senior members should volunteer for new “rapid assessment” units in a bid to prevent overcrowding.
Supported by the NHS leadership, the RCS said the only way to prevent the cancellation of routine operations, which happens increasingly as hospitals become busier, was to channel manpower into making sure A&E is only attended by those in the most need. The Daily Telegraph
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In an unprecedented appeal, the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) said even its most senior members should volunteer for new “rapid assessment” units in a bid to prevent overcrowding.
Supported by the NHS leadership, the RCS said the only way to prevent the cancellation of routine operations, which happens increasingly as hospitals become busier, was to channel manpower into making sure A&E is only attended by those in the most need. The Daily Telegraph
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- Surgeons asked to staff hospital front doors to head off emergency pressures this winter Royal College of Surgeons
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