About this episode
This episode discusses NHS England's directives for hospitals to meet A&E targets and the implications of new guidance on emergency departments amidst funding concerns.
Hospitals are being told by NHS England to focus on easy wins to hit this financial year’s A&E targets, so on this episode we unpick what trusts are being ask to do and whether this will get them over the line by the end of March. NHSE also finally published guidance on its “model emergency department”, which will see under-performing trusts required to open new treatment areas. But, as ever, big questions remain about funding. And we get under the skin of a recent HSJ analysis that showed the health service has been haemorrhaging non-clinical staff.
Topics covered
- A&E targets
- NHS England
- hospital funding
- non-clinical staff
Keywords
- mad March
- model emergency department
- trusts
- treatment areas
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