Summary
With emergency departments beyond capacity throughout the country, some hospitals have been trialling an approach of moving a set number of patients into inpatient wards each hour, regardless of bed availability. Is this a viable solution to the problems faced throughout the system? Dr Louella Vaughan assesses the evidence and argues for further caution before rolling out such a model.
Nuffield Trust: Should emergency departments move patients to other wards even when there's no bed space available? (14 October 2022)
https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/should-emergency-departments-move-patients-to-other-wards-even-when-there-s-no-bed-space-available
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