NHS bosses in Shropshire have issued an open letter to residents, highlighting the challenges the health service is facing this winter and urging the public to help support local health and care services. Lengthy waits in A&E, delays in ambulance handovers, and other pressures are putting strain on the NHS. Only half of the patients arriving at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust hospitals were seen within four hours last month, well below the NHS standard of 95%.
People living across the county being urged to play their part in supporting the health service this winter as services are coming under increasing pressure.As Christmas approaches, NHS bosses in Shropshire have said there are lengthy waits in A&E and delays in ambulance handovers along with other pressures on the health service .
In an unusual step, NHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin has issued an open letter to residents, outlining the challenges the NHS is facing this winter and how the public can help support local health and care services.According to NHS England data, only half of people who arrived at accident and emergency at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust (SaTH) hospitals were seen within four hours last month. The NHS standard is for 95 per cent of patients to be seen within four hours, although the Government has relaxed the standard to 76 per cent over the next two years as part of a"recovery target". NHS England figures show there were 12,321 visits to A&E at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in Novembe
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