Emergency care plan is “inadequate” on every level, say doctors

Emergency care doctors have assessed the impact of government action to support urgent care services around the UK and branded it a “comprehensive failure.”

In a traffic light assessment of the government’s 10 point action plan aimed at mitigating pressures and improving performance settings in urgent and emergency care services, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine gave each measure a red score, denoting “inadequate.”

The plan,1 published last year, included the recommendation to ensure a sustainable urgent and emergency care workforce alongside support for primary care and community health services to help …