PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust only managed to treat 86 per cent of patients attending A&E within four hours in March – the sixth month it has missed the 95 per cent target. The trust also missed the target for the year with a performance of 93 per cent.
March also saw 31 patients waiting more than 12 hours in A&E after a decision had been made to admit them.
Source: board papers
A manager warned that a GP out of hours provider was “unsafe” after just two doctors were responsible for covering a population of over 1.4 million overnight, a leaked email has revealed.
The fate of one of the NHS’ smallest emergency departments will be decided “later next year”, commissioners announced this month.
A struggling acute trust faces fines of £5m in relation to its elective performance, with most of the cash expected to pay for capacity from private and specialist providers instead.
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