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Why are waits in the emergency department so long?
A trolley in a different corridor stops the clock
a walkthrough with stand-ins — a demonstration, not a finding · sealed
It significantly influences
The same patients come back within a week
certified · 13 yes · 2 no
Staff leave faster than we can hire them
certified · 22 yes · 7 no · cross-group
Judged not to be linked
A pharmacy could have handled a third of today
judged not to · 2 yes · 11 no · 2 abstained
Imaging closes at six and reopens at eight
judged not to · 2 yes · 11 no · 2 abstained
An incident report goes into a system nobody reads back
judged not to · 1 yes · 13 no · 1 abstained
A patient waits for one test that takes ten minutes to run
judged not to · 0 yes · 14 no · 1 abstained
Managers are judged on the target too, so nobody questions it
judged not to · 3 yes · 12 no
The people who know the fix are never asked
judged not to · 1 yes · 13 no · 1 abstained
The target changes what we do more than the illness does
judged not to · 0 yes · 15 no
A pharmacy could have handled a third of today
judged not to · 2 yes · 13 no
Imaging closes at six and reopens at eight
judged not to · 2 yes · 13 no
An incident report goes into a system nobody reads back
judged not to · 0 yes · 14 no · 1 abstained
A patient waits for one test that takes ten minutes to run
judged not to · 1 yes · 14 no
Managers are judged on the target too, so nobody questions it
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no · 1 abstained
The people who know the fix are never asked
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no · 1 abstained
The same patients come back within a week
judged not to · 1 yes · 12 no · 2 abstained
The target changes what we do more than the illness does
judged not to · 1 yes · 14 no
Staff leave faster than we can hire them
judged not to · 2 yes · 12 no · 1 abstained
A group’s judgement, not a measurement. Demo room. On the atlas.
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