A & E reform could put lives at greater risk - Sunday Telegraph
Extract:
"Patients' lives will be put at risk by a major shake-up of accident and emergency departments, a secret report by senior doctors has warned.
The professional bodies representing A & E doctors say the new system - which could see casualty departments operating without back-up services such as intensive care, paediatrics and surgery - is too dangerous.
Desperately sick children taken to casualty by anxious parents could fall victim to the system's reliance on a "drive-by" ambulance policy, under which 999 crews are instructed to take callers to the "right" hospital, not necessarily the nearest."
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Proposed reforms of A and E could put lives at risk.
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