Special Report 70 - Emergency Departments
Published on 12 February 2010
The Comptroller and Auditor General has published a report on emergency departments. Reviewing performance in 33 hospitals and building on the findings and recommendations of a range of reviews conducted during the period 2002 - 2007 the report examines
- the extent to which measures to improve care within emergency departments have been implemented and the scope for further improvement
- the impact of wider hospital organisation on the effectiveness of emergency departments
- the scope for measures to divert cases currently handled by emergency departments to a more appropriate care setting.
