NHS hospital bosses made to chant ‘we can do this’ at meeting on A&E targets

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Ambulance outside Accident and Emergency
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In scenes reminiscent of BBC political satire The Thick of It, hospital bosses in England and Wales were forced to chant “we can do this” by a senior NHS official, in an effort to improve their accident and emergency performance.

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