THE QUESTION
Why are waits in the emergency department so long?
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A newly qualified nurse is alone on a bay by month three
Observed, not measured — I would want the data too.
This is the one that costs us most.
We have had four reorganisations and no more beds
We measure the four-hour target, so patients are moved not treated
I mean this happens weekly, not once in a while.
A newly qualified nurse is alone on a bay by month three
Observed, not measured — I would want the data too.
The people who know the fix are never asked
Narrower than it reads; the wider version is someone else's card.
The computer system takes eleven clicks to order a blood test
Scope: here specifically, not everywhere.
Every improvement project ends when its funding does
Observed, not measured — I would want the data too.
The rota is built for the average day, not the busy one
Discharge needs a pharmacy that closes before the ward round ends
I mean this happens weekly, not once in a while.
Managers are judged on the target too, so nobody questions it
An incident report goes into a system nobody reads back
Staff leave faster than we can hire them
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The specialist on call is covering two sites
Triage is done by whoever is free, not by who is trained
A trolley in a different corridor stops the clock
There is nowhere else open after six
Agency staff cost triple and know nothing about the ward
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Every winter is treated as a surprise
A pharmacy could have handled a third of today
The target changes what we do more than the illness does
To be precise: this is about the situation, not a person.
A patient waits for one test that takes ten minutes to run
I mean this happens weekly, not once in a while.
The notes from the last visit are in a different building
Two systems hold the same patient under different numbers
Patients come here because they cannot get an appointment
I mean this happens weekly, not once in a while.
Nobody measures whether the patient got better
I mean this happens weekly, not once in a while.
Experienced staff leave and take the workarounds with them
Nobody phones the GP because there is no number that answers
Meaning the recurring case, not one incident.
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Nobody has time to teach, so nobody learns
A decision to admit waits for a consultant round in the morning
A patient fit to leave waits four days for a care package
Meaning the recurring case, not one incident.
People wait hours in a corridor before anyone sees them
The out-of-hours service tells people to come here
Nobody may discharge at night, so a bed is lost for twelve hours
Scope: here specifically, not everywhere.
Beds are full because nobody can be discharged
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Social care and the hospital are funded from different budgets