King's Fund report on emergency and urgent care
The urgent and emergency care system is
under pressure, and performance on a number of important indicators,
including the four-hour wait for accident and emergency (A&E) and
ambulance handover targets, worsened during the winter and early part of
2013.
This has prompted a review of emergency care led by NHS England Medical Director, Bruce Keogh, and an inquiry by the Health Select Committee. NHS England has also announced that its local area teams are drawing up A&E recovery plans.
While the focus of attention has been the pressures felt by A&E services, there is no single cause or solution to this problem: the pressures are caused by issues across the health care system.
The King's Fund has published a selection of their policy research and analysis in this area.
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/urgent-emergency-care
This has prompted a review of emergency care led by NHS England Medical Director, Bruce Keogh, and an inquiry by the Health Select Committee. NHS England has also announced that its local area teams are drawing up A&E recovery plans.
While the focus of attention has been the pressures felt by A&E services, there is no single cause or solution to this problem: the pressures are caused by issues across the health care system.
The King's Fund has published a selection of their policy research and analysis in this area.
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/urgent-emergency-care
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