TY - JOUR T1 - Ambulance handovers: can a dedicated ED nurse solve the delay in ambulance turnaround times? JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 419 LP - 420 DO - 10.1136/emermed-2012-202258 VL - 31 IS - 5 AU - A Clarey AU - M Allen AU - S Brace-McDonnell AU - M W Cooke Y1 - 2014/05/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/31/5/419.abstract N2 - With ever increasing concern over ambulance handover delays this paper looks at the impact of dedicated A&E nurses for ambulance handovers and the effect it can have on ambulance waiting times. It demonstrates that although such roles can bring about reduced waiting times, it also suggests that using this as a sole method to achieve these targets would require unacceptably low staff utilisation. ER -