5519: LISTEN¦ Have you visited an Emergency Department recently? The Royal College of Emergency Medicine described the current state of our EDs as 'horrifying'

About this episode

The episode discusses the alarming state of Emergency Departments as described by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

Have you visited an Emergency Department recently? The Royal College of Emergency Medicine described the current state of our EDs as 'horrifying' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Frank Mitchell

Topics covered

• Emergency Department
• healthcare
• medical crisis
• patient care
• emergency medicine

Keywords

• Emergency Department
• Royal College of Emergency Medicine
• healthcare crisis
• patient experience
• medical services

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Royal College of Emergency Medicine

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