The meeting was not told at which of the four hospital trusts the excessive delays had occurred An investigation is under way into why two patients endured
Preston City Council leader Matthew Brown on Guild Hall, Preston Model, public scrutiny and moreFinal designs for Old Tram Bridge replacement unveiled to the publicAn investigation is under way into why two patients endured waits of more than 150 hours in Lancashire’s accident and emergency system.
As part of a review of recent urgent and emergency care performance across the region, the ICB’s chief operating officer, Professor Craig Harris, said he was “confident” that Lancashire and South Cumbria would collectively meet the national target for 76 percent of A&E patients to be admitted, transferred or discharged from emergency departments within four hours of arrival – “if everything keeps going according to our current expectations”.
Meanwhile, papers presented to the meeting also revealed that NHS England was still “actively considering” whether to escalate the level of national intervention being received by Lancashire and South Cumbria in relation to its urgent and emergency care services. However, his non-executive colleague Sheena Cumiskey praised what she said was “an awful lot of really good work going on in this area”, for which she thanked staff across the system.NHS England last month told ICBs nationwide to work with the hospital trusts within their patches to identify the top three initiatives that needed to be implemented in order to ensure the 76 percent A&E target was hit by the end of March.
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