title: Board's eye view--Effective inspections.
abstract: EMERGENCY NURSES and doctors in the UK do a remarkable job dealing with increasing numbers of older and sicker patients. Cuts to social care funding, and a crumbling primary care infrastructure in which patients perceive the emergency department (ED) as their only access to same-day health care, continue to put pressure on our hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Bridgwater Community Hospital, Somerset.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paynter
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D006113:United Kingdom