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Another post, on NHS England manipulating stats again, researched by stewartb and just framed by me.
From stewartb:
RCEM press release (march 4): ‘NHS England corridor care definition interesting but meaningful change must follow’
‘Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said: “.. we can already measure long waits and overcrowding. It remains to be seen whether trying to measure corridor care on top of this will prove more effective.
“We have two main concerns about the complex definition. Firstly, the definition will not include, for instance, patients waiting for admission in areas not designated as being part of the ED, waiting in spaces designed for rapid assessment, or potentially on chairs in waiting rooms.
“These patients may still experience harmful long waits in inappropriate spaces. Secondly, the 45-minute threshold is hard to justify. We are concerned that the definition, as it stands, will encourage manipulation of figures to make things look better than they are. Sadly, we have seen this happen so often we are expecting to see it again.’
First, on that ‘we can already measure long waits’, our earlier post on reliable statistics which counters media claims of corridor care in Scotland:
Second, on ‘NHS England manipulating stats again‘ the evidence:
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