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Motivation & Insight into Medicine 11
Explain the following two NHS policies; ‘Two Week Wait Pathway’ & ‘A&E Four Hour Target’
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Two Week Wait Pathway
The Two Week Wait pathway is a referral pathway in which a General Practitioner requests an appointment for a patient with a secondary care specialist where there is a suspicion of cancer and the patient should be offered an appointment within 2 weeks of the request being made. This policy exists in England, but not in Scotland and Wales. In Northern Ireland, it is utilised only if a patient is suspected of having breast cancer.
Four Hour Target
The four-hour target is a strategy that has been implemented to reduce waiting times in A&E. It states that at least 95% of patients in A&E should be admitted, transferred or discharged from A&E within four hours.
Two Week Wait Pathway
The Two Week Wait pathway is a referral pathway in which a General Practitioner requests an appointment for a patient with a secondary care specialist where there is a suspicion of cancer and the patient should be offered an appointment within 2 weeks of the request being made. This policy exists in England, but not in Scotland and Wales. In Northern Ireland, it is utilised only if a patient is suspected of having breast cancer.
Four Hour Target
The four-hour target is a strategy that has been implemented to reduce waiting times in A&E. It states that at least 95% of patients in A&E should be admitted, transferred or discharged from A&E within four hours.