Matt Hancock signals A&E waiting targets likely to be scrapped Health secretary defends NHS’s performance and says targets should be ‘clinically appropriate’
Matt Hancock has signalled that four-hour waiting targets for A&E are likely to be scrapped for the NHS in England after the worst figures on record this winter.
The health secretary said it would be better if targets were “clinically appropriate” and the “right targets”, as he defended the NHS’s failure to meet the standard that 95% of patients attending A&E should be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. The Guardian
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Matt Hancock has signalled that four-hour waiting targets for A&E are likely to be scrapped for the NHS in England after the worst figures on record this winter.
The health secretary said it would be better if targets were “clinically appropriate” and the “right targets”, as he defended the NHS’s failure to meet the standard that 95% of patients attending A&E should be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. The Guardian
See also:
- Matt Hanock: staff must be 'more robust' in kicking out non-emergency patients from A&E The Daily Telegraph
- Are the Tories about to abolish A&E targets? The Guardian
- Plan to scrap A&E target sparks furious backlash from medics The Guardian
- NHS crisis: Health secretary hints at scrapping A&E target in wake of longest waiting times on record The Independent
- Boris Johnson vows to 'get those waiting lists down' after worst NHS figures Sky News
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