Emergency care

Trusts admit emergency patients at last minute

2010-07-08T00:00:00

The number of patients dealt with in the last 20 minutes of the four hour accident and emergency target window has increased to more than 40 per cent.

Source: Alamy

The number of patients dealt with in the last 20 minutes of the four hour accident and emergency target window has increased to more than 40 per cent, a group of emergency care doctors have found.

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