Statement: Treating Patients in Emergency Departments
10/03/10
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing high quality and safe care for patients.
Assistant Chief Executive and Director of Service Delivery, Evelyn Barker said:
“We do not treat patients in corridors or cupboards as some of the anecdotal evidence in the national report in the Nursing Times survey suggested. All patients are assessed and treated according to their level of need.
“Patients who arrive by ambulance will be brought into our Emergency Departments by the ambulance crews, who will stay with them until they are assessed.”
For more information, please contact: Sarah Brown, Communications Specialist on 08454 224722 or Sarah.Brown4@glos.nhs.uk