NHS slammed for treating children who need A&E care as ‘second-rate citizens’

Children seeking A&E care are being let down, top doctor warns

Leading children’s doctors have called for improvements to children’s emergency care.Children are being “let down at the front door of our ...

NHS slammed for treating children who need A&E care as ‘second-rate citizens’

Many emergency departments lack the infrastructure to meet the growing needs of child patients, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said

Children seeking A&E care are being let down - Rother Radio

Children are being “let down at the front door of our hospitals”, a top doctor has warned, as leading medics set out how children’s A&E services can improve. Experts from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) said that up to two in five (40%) children do not need to be there as their needs are classed as “non-urgent”. But families are still going to A&E because they feel they have nowhere else to turn. The RCPCH said the “str…