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OLDER people, alcohol misuse and a growing birth rate are some of the reasons why a hospital trust said it?s not meeting the four-hour A&E turnover time.
As reported, the number of patients waiting in Queen Alexandra?s emergency department (ED), has increased.
Figures from NHS England show on average last month, 85 per cent of those attending ED at the Cosham-hospital were either admitted, transferred or discharged within the government guideline time of four hours.
That figure was six per cent less than QA?s average in September 2012 ? and 10 per cent less than the national benchmark.
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/he...r-a-e-waiting-time-turnover-figures-1-5560101
As reported, the number of patients waiting in Queen Alexandra?s emergency department (ED), has increased.
Figures from NHS England show on average last month, 85 per cent of those attending ED at the Cosham-hospital were either admitted, transferred or discharged within the government guideline time of four hours.
That figure was six per cent less than QA?s average in September 2012 ? and 10 per cent less than the national benchmark.
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/he...r-a-e-waiting-time-turnover-figures-1-5560101