Utopia Response
01/04/2010
A spokeswoman for the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said:
“It is important to stress that the vast majority of patients to continue to receive timely access to emergency care.”
“Our priority is to care for those patients awaiting a full clinical assessment when demand is at its highest in our A&E departments.
“The UTOPIA programme at the Trust has been significantly improving the level of care we provide to our patients coming to us for emergency treatment, and a far higher number of patients are being sent home and not admitted to hospital unnecessarily.
”We are committed to safeguarding patients at all times and it is worth noting that thanks to the hard work of staff, overall waiting times in A&E Departments have improved further in February and March.”