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NHS target for A&E treatment 'risks patient safety'

NHS target is compromising care and patient safety

Doctors say a key NHS target - to treat people visiting accident and emergency units within four hours - is compromising care and patient safety.

The College of Emergency Medicine says the target, at English hospitals, puts staff under "incredible pressure". It says it supports having a target in principle, but that doctors sometimes need time to make the right decision. The full story is on the BBC website