Most ambulance handovers to trust’s hospitals breach 30 minutes, data says
London Ambulance Service has published figures showing that patient handover breaches are the highest they’ve been in the past 18 months at Queen’s Hospital and King George Hospital. The NHS Standard Contract stipulates that all handovers must take place within 15 minutes. The hospitals have breach rates of 80% and around 36%, respectively. Plans are now being implemented to reduce emergency department queues, including reviewing “frailty pathways”.
Source: www.romfordrecorder.co.uk
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