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Fewer hospitals reach top grade
The 2004-05 NHS star ratings revealed
that hospitals were struggling to meet
tough Accident & Emergency targets.
These say patients should be seen and
treated in less than four hours.
For the first nine months of the year,
all trusts met the target that 90% of
patients should wait for less than the
four-hour limit.
But when the bar was raised to 98% for
the last three months of the year, 62
out of 159 trusts with A&E departments
failed to meet the higher standard.
5/5
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