Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
9:00 am
Mr. John Connaghan:
The Chairman is correct. Patient experience time is the number of people on trolleys for more than six hours, or in an emergency department for more than four hours or 24 hours. That is a better measure. Most other jurisdictions use the patient experience time to mark what they are doing regarding the provision of emergency care.