Thursday, 25 July 2019

Hospitals accused of 'gaming the system' by moving A&E patients to new day care units

Hospitals accused of 'gaming the system' by moving A&E patients to new day care units Hospitals may be trying to 'game the system' to make A&E waiting times look shorter by moving patients to different departments, an investigation has found.

The NHS has for years repeatedly failed to meet its own standard of treating or discharging nine out of 10 A&E patients within four hours.

Health bosses recently confirmed that the target is being scrapped because many hospitals are unable to meet it. The Daily Mail

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