Bill - You are absuolutely right that this would not satisfy criteria. The person has to be in a bed AND in a suitable environment (i.e. not an A&E department). If Trusts are not following this guidance then please let John Heyworth know and we will follow it up.
Phil- The message is being given to govt on a very regular basis and I will keep telling them that if hospitals are not organised to have beds available for emergencies before they arrive (i.e to plan properly), we will continue to have delays in A&E because of it.
I will now stand back and await Danny's reply!
Matthew
A&E Advisor DoH
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Danny - if your managers are cramming beds into cubicles on the minors side
of A&E etc. to try to satisfy the 90% 4 hr. target I think they are on a
very sticky wicket indeed. The latest Sitrep definitions are much more
specific in their definition of what constitutes a bed, an admission etc.,
and I am positive that the kind of tactics you describe would not satisfy
those requirements. I seem to recall John Hayworth asking that any such
abuses should be brought to the attention of BAEM so the powers that be
could act accordingly. Anyone out there from BAEM to confirm?
Sympathies and best wishes, Bill
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