UK News 17-09-2001 who: British Medical Association what: Claims government`s new patient delay logging system is misleading where: Royal Berkshire Hospital, Berkshire when: Yesterday snippet: Jonathan Fielden, a member of the BMA A&E sub-committee, says in today`s Times, "The clock should start ticking as soon as you come through the door." But the new system, which only logs patient waiting time AFTER a patient has been accepted for treatment, "will enable the Government to say there is no waiting problem when really there is but they are just not counting it." [... more]

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