Emergency Plan to Slash Waiting Time

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Patients are being cared for at a nursing home as part of a raft of measures to ease the pressure on a hospital's emergency unit.

Severe delays have dogged the University Hospital of North Staffordshire's adult assessment unit (AAU) since it opened in October. Hospital bosses have already apologised for the problems, which meant patients were left waiting on trolleys, and measures have been introduced in a bid to improve the situation.

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Emergency Plan to Slash Waiting Time

Last week, chief executives, senior managers and clinicians from the hospital, Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire primary care trusts and social services, jo...

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