Francis report may have contributed to A&E problems, says Nicholson

Patient on trolley

Source: mario beauregard

Sir David Nicholson has said the NHS’s interpretation of February’s Francis report, combined with unseasonably bad weather, may have caused the collapse in accident and emergency performance earlier this year.

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