What is it about?
Both A&E attendances and hospital bed occupancy are showing highly unusual trends. The coincidence of both appears to drive tipping points in A&E waiting time performance.
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Why is it important?
Wake up everyone, the data is screaming out a message which is being ignored. Instead policy-correct interpretations are being offered as solutions to NHS 'failure'.
Perspectives
Bad science breeds bad policy, see http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
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This page is a summary of: A&E tipping points, British Journal of Healthcare Management, May 2015, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2015.21.5.248.
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