A&E misses pain targets.PATIENTS are left in pain for hours while waiting to be treated for broken bones This article or section has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * It needs to be expanded. Please help [ improve the article] or discuss these issues on the talk page. , a health watchdog reported yesterday. Official guidelines say pain relief should be given within 20 minutes of arrival, but nearly half the children and 58 per cent of adult patients with fractures waited more than an hour. Just six of the 200 A&E departments in England audited by the Healthcare Commission The Healthcare Commission is an independent body, set up to promote and drive improvement in the quality of healthcare and public health in England and Wales. It aims to achieve this by becoming an authoritative and trusted source of information and by ensuring that this hit the target. But 70 per cent of the 50,000 patients surveyed thought their care had been good or excellent. Lib Dem health spokesman Steve Webb said the figures were unacceptable and added: "Britain's casualty departments are clearly overstretched." |
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