PERFORMANCE: A south London trust has highlighted a problem with one of the A&E activity measures.
Croydon Health Service Trust was 0.65 per cent over the 5 per cent threshold for patients who left A&E without being seen but put much of this down to repeat visitors.
A report to the trust’s board said: “[There are] a number of repeat attenders who fail to wait for treatment (a single patient attended but did not wait 26 times in August alone).”
September 2011
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PERFORMANCE: Croydon Health Services Trust has been told it requires improvement by the Care Quality Commission.
WORKFORCE: Croydon Health Services Trust has been given permission to appeal the findings of an employment tribunal, HSJ understands.
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