Seven out of 10 A&E patients are waiting LONGER under new NHS measures which promise to give critically ill people treatment sooner NHS bosses have been trialling the new protocol across 14 trusts in England
Scraps four-hour wait target, promises critically ill patients to be seen sooner
But review found seven in ten patients now waiting average of 9 minutes longer
By Connor Boyd Health Reporter For Mailonline
Published: 07:09 EST, 1 November 2019 | Updated: 09:04 EST, 1 November 2019
Seven in 10 A&E patients are waiting longer under a new scheme being trialled by the NHS.
Health chiefs have been taking steps to scrap the infamous four-hour wait target to replace it with a new one which gets critically ill patients seen within an hour.
But a review has found that only a tiny minority were benefiting from the new change, which is being trialled at 14 hospitals in England.
It revealed that seven out of 10 A&E patients were forced to wait for nine minutes longer than they had been under the previous four-hour rules.
The average wait time for outpatients in departments using the new system rose to three hours and 10 minutes. ...
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