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<p>NHS Improvement and NHS England are taking a joint approach to improve patient
handover times from ambulance services to Emergency Departments. Key aspects include:</p><p>-
the identification of regional leads for handover performance, holding National Health
Service providers to account for improved performance;</p><p>- Emergency Care Improvement
Teams supporting 42 challenged acute trusts with identified handover delay issues
to improve performance;</p><p>- the issuing of revised, detailed hospital handover
guidelines, focussing responsibility on the wider system to address handover delays,
including clear escalation procedures; and</p><p>- improved monitoring and reporting
of patient handover delays.</p>
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