Acute care

Trust chiefs see sicker patients as key cause of A&E crisis

By 2013-07-11T00:02:00

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The most widely blamed factor leading to recent problems in emergency departments is an increase in the number of very sick patients, the HSJ/Capsticks survey reveals.

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