King’s A&E waits linked to bed capacity and repatriation delays

NHS Southwark CCG Governing Body papers for a 22 January meeting state that the hospital, in Denmark Hill, London, has failed to meet NHS performance standards for urgent care waits for four quarters running up until December 2014.

The papers state that the problems with excessive A&E waits have been down to ‘”bed capacity issues, discharge management fluctuations in demand, acuity of patients, mental health pathways and repatriation delays”.

Plans are in place to ‘”release capacity throughout the year”, a report titled Variance Against CCG Performance Priorities and NHS Constitution Standards adds.