TY - JOUR T1 - Highlights from the issue JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 1 LP - 1 DO - 10.1136/emermed-2013-203452 VL - 31 IS - 1 AU - Ellen J Weber Y1 - 2014/01/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/31/1/1.abstract N2 - Storm-Versloot et al conducted this before and after study at university hospital in the Netherlands to evaluate whether waiting time, treatment time and length of stay improved after the Manchester triage system replaced a less formal triage system in their emergency department. Time to physician went up, but treatment time was shorter, and total length of stay stayed the same. Patients were less satisfied with the information they received and ability to communicate their concerns, but more satisfied with how their problem had been sorted. Is this an improvement? We will leave that opinion to you. Answer: no, so long as the weekend isn't attached to a bank holiday It has been thoroughly reported that mortality for emergency admissions increases on weekends and public holidays. Isles et al conducted a retrospective study in a Scottish hospital where senior medical consultants are present for at least 6 h a day, every day and found this not to be the case—or at least … ER -