• Overcrowding in the emergency department, with Dr Adrian Boyle and Prof Ellen Weber

  • Jan 16 2025
  • Length: 28 mins
  • Podcast

Overcrowding in the emergency department, with Dr Adrian Boyle and Prof Ellen Weber

  • Summary

  • A special bonus podcast this time, on the perennial issue of crowding. Rick and Sarah are joined by Royal College of Emergency Medicine president Dr. Adrian Boyle, and EMJ's editor-in-chief Prof. Ellen Weber. They address recent evidence for crowding's harmful impact, the arm-twisting needed to shape policy, how it shapes patient confidence, and what the future of crowding looks like.

    Links:

    • Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality
    • Being a patient in a crowded emergency department: a qualitative service evaluation

    The EMJ podcast is hosted by:

    Dr. Richard Body, EMJ Deputy Editor, University of Manchester, UK (@richardbody)

    Dr. Sarah Edwards, EMJ Social Media Editor, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK (@drsarahedwards)

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