The inside word is that this may not go ahead and that door to needle times will be kept at 30mins - there is concern that insufficient hospitals will be able to achieve 20mins and the government will not look good
FB
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From: p=NHS NATIONAL INT;a=NHS;c=GB;dda:RFC-822=ACAD-AE-MED(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK;
Sent: 14 October 2002 10:34
To: p=NHS NATIONAL INT;a=NHS;c=GB;dda:RFC-822=ACAD-AE-MED(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK;
Subject: Re: Hurry up there get a move on!!!![Scanned]
I am really excited by this. What is the source of your info.?
JP
>>> Danny McGeehan 10/12/02 07:09pm >>>
Door to needle times are to be reduced from 30 to 20 mins in the next 12
months in spite of the fact that there is no literature to support the
clinical effectiveness of this move. The rationale being that if it is
quicker it must be better. A&E Depts showing a 100% compliance will be given
Beacon status and the lead clinicians will be given 3 DP's.
Units that do not acheive the golden 30 min rule will be downgraded to trauma
centres. However to improve the targets and to crank up the A&E staff who are
not working efficiently or dare I say it hard enough there are now plans afoot
to reduce door to needle times even more and figures of 10 mins or dare I say
it 5 minutes are being quoted to make the system one of the most efficient in
the world. Already clinical staff are being recruited to collate data from
overstaffed units to monitor the effectiveness of the new targets.
Don't say you haven't been warned I heard this from a usually very reliable
source. Please keep it under your hat.
Danny McGeehan
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