NHS bosses are using misleading figures to hide dangerously poor performance by A&E units in England against the four-hour treatment target, emergency department doctors claim.
Some A&Es treat and admit, transfer or discharge as few as one in three patients within four hours, although the NHS constitution says they should deal with 95% of arrivals within that timeframe.
It is urging NHS England to start publishing data that shows the true performance of every individual emergency department against the 95% standard.
It showed that between April and June this year Pilgrim hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, managed to deal with only 33% of patients within four hours, the lowest proportion in the country.
Similarly, North West Anglia trust’s overall 56.3% performance disguised the fact that the A&E at its Peterborough city hospital site scored just 38.1%.
Boyle said Steve Barclay, the health secretary, fully supported the RCEM’s call for greater transparency around A&E data.
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NHS bosses are using misleading figures to hide dangerously poor performance by A&E units in England against the four-hour treatment target, emergency department doctors claim.
Some A&Es treat and admit, transfer or discharge as few as one in three patients within four hours, although the NHS constitution says they should deal with 95% of arrivals within that timeframe.
It is urging NHS England to start publishing data that shows the true performance of every individual emergency department against the 95% standard.
It showed that between April and June this year Pilgrim hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, managed to deal with only 33% of patients within four hours, the lowest proportion in the country.
Similarly, North West Anglia trust’s overall 56.3% performance disguised the fact that the A&E at its Peterborough city hospital site scored just 38.1%.
Boyle said Steve Barclay, the health secretary, fully supported the RCEM’s call for greater transparency around A&E data.
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