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Four hours in A&E? Haven’t you got homes to go to? Rui Vieira/PA

Attacking GPs for A&E crisis ignores roots of the problem

By Sarah Purdy, University of Bristol

Politicians and policy makers are blaming failures in out-of-hours GP care for the rising demand on accident and emergency (A&E) units. The number of attendances at A&E departments in England…
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ED congestion is due to the combination of growing demand for care, sicker patients and access block. Image from shutterstock.com

Targets alone won’t solve long waits for emergency care

By Gerard Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology

Data released today by the National Health Performance Authority (NHPA) shows just 54% of major metropolitan hospitals and 63% of major regional hospitals are treating or admitting patients within the…

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