Abstract

Warnings of a looming winter crisis in the NHS are coming thicker and faster, with another just last week (doi:10.1136/bmj.j4885). It’s appropriate, then, that our latest Head to Head debate considers emergency care, a barometer of NHS performance in the cold season, and whether the “four hour wait” target has had its day. Since 2004 this target has stipulated that emergency departments in England should see, treat, and admit or discharge most patients within that time. “Before the target was introduced, being a …

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