Kettering hospital says size of A&E department is hampering patient drop off times

Kettering hospital says size of A&E department is hampering patient drop off times Kettering General Hospital says it is working hard to reduce the number of one hour-plus patient handovers from ambulances to A&E but is being hampered by the size of its department and winter pressures. The hospital has been in breach of the government’s target which says there should be no patient handovers to A&E from ambulances that take longer than an hour. These are classified as ‘black breaches’ and latest figures show that in November there were 56 breaches. Northamptonshire Telegraph