PERFORMANCE: NHS Plymouth has issued Plymouth Hospitals Trust with a contract performance notice, after the trust failed to meet the four hour accident and emergency target during February and March.
In February 90.7 per cent of patients were treated, admitted ot discharged within four hours.
This increased to 92.4 per cent in March but the trust is reporting a performance year to date of 94.9 per cent. This is just below the 95 per cent national target.
24 April 2012
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