NHS publishes urgent and emergency care recover plan

The plan aims to help recover urgent and emergency care services, reduce waiting times, and improve patient experience and includes measures to increase funding, the number of ambulances and hospital beds.

Responding in the NHSE press notice, Healthwatch England national director Louise Ansari said:

“Patients and the public have been calling for a clear and understandable plan on how and when emergency care will get better, and this announcement is full of much-needed practical changes that should mean the health system can support more people in the way they need it over the coming months.

“No one wants to go to A&E or be admitted to hospital if they can avoid it, particularly at a time when services are so incredibly busy. So seeing people in their own homes, and getting those who need hospital treatment back to where they live faster is a very positive development.

“Healthwatch will of course continue to listen to people about their experiences of care to monitor these changes and suggest further areas for improvement.”