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14 hospitals selected to pilot new A&E targets
NHS England has announced the 14 hospitals which have been chosen to pilot a new way to measure A&E performance.
With NHS England having said that it was time to review its 'outdated target' only last month, the move could potentially pave the way for the end of the much-contested four-hour A&E target in England.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine is among many who are critical of the plans, calling them 'disappointing'. It is belived that, as the target has been missed for more than three years, the move is a controversial attempt to move the goalposts.
NHS England has said it wants patients who come in with heart attacks, acute asthma, sepsis and stroke to have their care started within an hour. Therefore, all patients will be expected to be assessed by a key decision-maker, such as a senior nurse, within 15 to 30 minutes. This means that instead of aiming to see and treat virtually all A&E patients in four hours, the sickest patients will be prioritised for quick treatment.
The pilots will start in the coming months with a view to introducing the new measures from Spring 2020.
The trusts chosen are: Cambridge University Hospitals; Chelsea and Westminster Hospital; Frimley Health; Imperial College Healthcare; Kettering General Hospital; Luton and Dunstable University Hospital; Mid Yorkshire Hospitals; North Tees and Hartlepool; Nottingham University Hospitals; Plymouth Hospitals; Poole Hospital; Portsmouth Hospitals; Rotherham; and West Suffolk.
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