London 2012: Olympic VIP 'A&E fast-track'
cheap lv purses sale Emails seen by Newsnight suggest that 25,000 people in the "Olympic family" could expect to see a consultant within 30 minutes at University College Hospital (UCLH).Olympic organisers Locog dismissed the 30-minute claim as an "urban myth".NHS London says the arrangement did appear in a draft agreement but will not be part of new guidance.In one email, senior trauma doctors at UCLH raise concerns about a "conflict of interest" if on-call doctors treat VIPs while the department is "struggling with the NHS wait".Homerton hospital - another Olympic healthcare provider - earlier told the BBC that the 30-minute response time did apply to all hospitals designated to handle Olympic patients. Liberal Democrat Olympics spokeswoman Baroness Doocey criticised the arrangements.Continue reading the main story.Start Quote,UCLH will look after emergency treatment and admission of the Olympic Family… we will deliver a consultant to do that within 30 minutes of their arrival”Email from senior trauma doctor, "It should not be one rule for the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and VIPs and another rule for the taxpayers who are actually paying for the NHS," she said.
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