Emergency units often don’t have the resources to solve older people’s problems (Image: Eric Nathan/Alamy)
ACCIDENT and emergency departments feel like “war zones”. So say a large number of senior doctors in the UK, according to Cliff Mann of the College of Emergency Medicine in London.
Then last week, waiting times hit the headlines too, prompting the government to announce a £500-million “bailout” for A&E units. Last winter, the proportion of people waiting longer than 4 hours to be seen hit its highest level since 2003 (see “Are there more emergencies?“).
Healthcare is of course a complex issue, and…
