I think this version is more up to date.
Should we have a competition for the most ludicrous management
interpretation of the latest definitions so that they don't report
excessive waits accurately?
This is the paragraph that worries me the most -
"Time of decision to admit is defined as the time when a clinician
decides and records a decision to admit the patient or the time when
treatment that must be carried out in A&E before admission is complete -
whichever is the later"
If there are no beds in the hospital then all treatment "must be carried
out in A&E"!
Andrew Hobart
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