A North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) pilot scheme to reduce the number of patients attending Sunderland’s A&E departments has proved so successful it is being extended.
Funded by the All Together Better Sunderland vanguard partnership, NEAS’s Paramedic Pathfinder has helped more than 800 patients avoid lengthy A&E waits by diverting them to more appropriate places for treatment.
Since the pilot began last September, instead of being taken to A&E 815 people have been successfully referred ...
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