Emergency departments must not go back to overcrowding
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Emergency departments must not go back to overcrowding

College warns of ‘worrying signs’ as four-hour targets begin to slip

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has warned there are ‘worrying signs’ that crowding and long waits will become the norm in emergency departments (EDs) as we head into winter.

Emergency Nurse. 28, 6, 6-6. doi: 10.7748/en.28.6.6.s2

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