Don’t blame the patients for ED over-crowding, say specialists

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Don’t blame the patients for ED over-crowding, say specialists

Liane
Topham-Kindley
hospital patient, mask
The Ministry of Health regularly reviews emergency department admissions. From the data collected it appears most people who got to ED needed to be there

Liane Topham-Kindley’s feature on the rising tide of ED attendance explodes a long-held myth that patients looking to save a few bucks are clogging up emergency departments

It’s a myth that ED overcrowding is caused by patients who should have gone to their GP, says emergency physician John Bonning, whose views are backed