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HOSPITALS are to get 5,000 more beds and 800 ambulances to ease the pressure on emergency departments.
The proposals are part of PM Rishi Sunak’s two-year NHS recovery plan.
Hospitals are to get 5,000 more beds and 800 ambulances to ease the pressure on emergency departments[/caption]
He called it “ambitious and credible” — it will be backed by a £1billion fund which will also provide 100 mental health response vehicles.
The PM will set out his ideas today on a visit to the North East with NHS England boss Amanda Pritchard.
He said: “Urgent and emergency care is facing serious challenges but we have an ambitious and credible plan to fix it.
“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.
“If we meet this ambition, it will represent one of the fastest and longest sustained improvements in emergency waiting times in NHS history.”
The move comes after ministers promised a major expansion in community care to keep patients away from hospitals.
Ministers have also announced 3,000 hospital at home beds will be created this year.
It is hoped about 50,000 people a month could eventually be cared for at home, monitored using gadgets and apps.
And proposals are in place for three quarters of A&E patients to be seen within four hours by spring next year.
RISHI Sunak and Health Sec Steve Barclay will unveil £150million of cash for mental health today to try to ease pressure on A&Es – as ambulance drivers strike again.
Patients in need of mental health rather than physical care are a major contribution to the pressure on hospital emergency units and ambulances.
Rishi Sunak will unveil £150m funding for mental health funding[/caption]
Health Secretary Steve Barclay insisted he has had ‘constructive talks’ with unions amid A&E strikes[/caption]
They say the funding will be used to open 150 new facilities to support mental health urgent and emergency care services with 100 new specialist mental health ambulances funded over the next two years.
Last night the PM said: “People in mental health crisis deserve compassionate care in a safe and appropriate setting. Too often, they end up in A&E when they should be receiving specialist treatment elsewhere.
“This important funding will make sure they get the help they need, while easing pressures on emergency departments and freeing up staff time – which is a huge priority for the government this winter.”
The cash came as the unions upped their attacks on the Government, accusing them of lying and a secret plot to privatise the NHS.
The Health Secretary insisted he has had “constructive talks” with unions after one leader accused the Government of not being an honest negotiating partner.
Steve Barclay said further strike action by ambulance workers this week is “hugely disappointing” and will “inevitably” cause disruption to healthcare.
Thousands of members of Unison, Unite and the GMB unions are set to walk out across England and Wales on Monday as part of continued industrial action in the health service.
Up to 15,000 Unison ambulance workers will strike for the third time in five weeks and will be joined by 5,000 of their NHS colleagues at two hospital trusts in Liverpool.
But yesterday Unite’s Sharon Graham accused the Government of either being incompetent when it comes to negotiations, or wanting to privatise the NHS.
She added: “There is something unusual going on here that they will not come to the table. There are choices that can be made that means we can pay for this.
“There is not a problem about paying, we’re the fifth richest country in the world. There is something going on here.
Otherwise they are at a level of incompetence not known because it’s unreal.”
Ms Graham went on to accuse ministers of “lying” and not being “an honest partner at the other side of the table”.
FORMER Health Secretary Sajid Javid has called for wealthier patients to pay a “modest” fee to visit A&E or their GP.
The high-profile Tory MP, 53, said making Brits pay to visit hospital emergency wards was “crucial” to the survival of the NHS.
Sajid Javid has called for patients to pay a fee to visit A&[/caption]
Mr Javid’s radical plans would also see wealthier patients cough up to see their local GP.
The Bromsgrove MP told The Times last night he wanted to start a “hard-headed conversation” about the future of the health service – warning its core principles “cannot survive much longer” without reform.
The ex-Cabinet minister, who will stand down as an MP at the next election, also called on Health Secretary Steve Barclay to extend “the contributory principle” – with wealthier health care patients asked to chip in with a “modest” health care fee.
He had previously proposed fining patients for missing GP appointments during his short Conservative leadership campaign last July.
Mr Javid was appointed Health Secretary in June 2021, but resigned after calling on then PM Boris Johnson to quit.
It is understood PM Rishi Sunak is not “currently” looking to implement Javid’s proposal.
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