True Causes
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ATLAS · A CLAIM AND WHERE IT CAME FROM

Beds are full because nobody can be discharged

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Why is the emergency department always behind?
Why does A&E make people wait for hours?
Why are waits in the emergency department so long?

→ What leads to it (3)

A decision to admit waits for a consultant round in the morning
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Nobody may discharge at night, so a bed is lost for twelve hours
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We have had four reorganisations and no more beds
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→ What it leads to (6)

People wait hours in a corridor before anyone sees them
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I was sent home at midnight with no way to get there
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The GP said six weeks and it has been five months
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The interpreter was booked for twenty minutes
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Nobody explained what the test was for
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Social care and the hospital are funded from different budgets
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