Labour seeks action on 'misleading' A&E data

Jeremy Hunt urged to investigate methods which have improved waiting time statistics

Labour are urging Jeremy Hunt to order an inquiry into how hospitals have published data about their A&E waiting times that the statistics regulator fears may be misleading.

The health and social care secretary is under pressure to explain how some NHS hospital trusts appear to have improved their performance against the politically important four-hour A&E target by breaching rules on how they should record their figures.

Continue reading... January 23, 2018 at 03:24AM