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From the data, we do not know how many patients died subsequently in hospital for reasons that may or may not be attributable to ambulance delays, or how many would have died without entering the A and E department.
The drafters and the Executive recognised that that was rather a large number. However, in many small and remote rural communities, even 20 people would be too many.
The "centre" that would keep the 25 per cent of EYF refers to the whole Executive, as opposed to its departments. Not many departments and very few parliamentarians seem to appreciate that fact.