28 min listen
A&E waiting times
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Jan 9, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The NHS in England has missed its four-hour A&E waiting time target with performance dropping to its lowest level for a decade, it's reported. Tim Harford takes a closer look at the numbers. Plus: do 85 people really own half the world's wealth; bad luck and cancer; beware the statistics which are true but unfair; and the dubious fashion for international rankings.
Released:
Jan 9, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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