Chris Moulton A and E - patients are usually justified in presenting as an emergency

Chris Moulton is VP of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and an A&E consultant in the Royal Bolton Hospital. He believes that the majority of patients who attend A&E cannot be adequately treated elsewhere, and that measures to try and reduce emergency presentations may be counterproductive.

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