The NHS will remain under severe pressure for at least another two years, the Government has admitted as it publishes a £1bn plan today to improve emergency care
Elsewhere, there are plans for pilots of new approaches to NHS step-down care, with patients receiving rehabilitation and physiotherapy at home in some cases.
“It will take time to get there but our plan will cut long waiting times by increasing the number of ambulances, staff and beds – stopping the bottlenecks outside A&E and making sure patients are seen and discharged quickly. Ministers want to ensure that 76 per cent of A&E patients are seen within four hours by next March, while category two ambulance response times – such as suspected strokes, heart attacks, burns and epilepsy – get to an average of 30 minutes over the next year.a bitter and ongoing dispute with nurses and ambulance workersNHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said: “The NHS has been under more pressure than I have ever known in my 25 years working in the service.
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