‘Gatekeeper’ nurses stream 60 patients away from A&E in a day

ED Gatekeeper Tracey

Nurses at a hospital in Dorset have helped ease pressures on its emergency department this winter via a “streaming” service that saw 60 patients redirected on Sunday, a matron working on the initiative has revealed to Nursing Times.

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