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New plan to ‘fix’ emergency care unveiled as crisis engulfs NHS

The plan set out new measures for health services provided in patients’ homes

The Independent UK

English health service sets out two-year recovery plan for emergency care

England's National Health Service (NHS) on Monday announced a two-year recovery plan to help restore emergency care and frontline services, currently struggling through one of their toughest winters.

Reuters

Rishi Sunak set to unveil emergency care plan to slash NHS waiting times

Experts warn plan does not address staff vacancies and £1bn fund pledged is not new money

The Guardian - UK

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Emergency care plan cannot ignore staffing and funding, Sunak warned

Rishi Sunak said his Government had an ‘ambitious and credible plan’ to fix emergency and urgent care in England.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak axes 999 targets and is slammed for putting patients at risk

Rishi Sunak is expected to make the announcement on Monday despite concerns from the Labour Party, which says patients will be "left waiting longer than is safe".

Daily Mirror

Plan for NHS to treat 50,000 elderly and vulnerable patients in 'virtual wards'

The plans aim to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and ease pressure on staff

Liverpool Echo

Tens of thousands more people to receive at-home NHS care to reduce wait times

About 3,000 virtual beds are due to be created before next winter

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NHS: Sunak government to unveil ‘virtual’ hospital wards plan

Around 50,000 people a month could receive support at home

The Independent UK

‘Hospitals at home’ plan to save NHS

Thousands of patients could be cared for by video link as Rishi Sunak tries to ease pressure on A&E wards

The Telegraph

Government to publish fresh plan to tackle pressures on NHS

The Government and the NHS will publish an urgent and emergency care plan on Monday to tackle the pressures on the health service.

The Independent UK

Protesters rally in ’emergency response’ to NHS ‘crisis’

Campaign group Keep Our NHS Public organised 27 events on Saturday.

The Independent UK

The depth of today’s NHS crisis is clear if you watch 1986 episodes of Casualty

Letters: What was considered chaos in old episodes of the BBC hospital drama is now considered good service, writes Helena Tendall, while Austen Lynch blames Tory austerity

The Guardian - UK

More than a dozen WWII-era ambulance stations still used by NHS

The figures on old ambulance stations were revealed in a parliamentary question by Lib Dem health spokeswoman Daisy Cooper, who said: 'Across England too many NHS buildings are life-expired or crumbling'

Daily Mirror

Workman dies after being crushed by pop-up urinal in central London

Man was working on the device, near the Palace Theatre on Cambridge Circus, when the accident happened

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Advice on medical treatment as A&E departments in high demand

People are being urged to know where to seek medical assistance

Daily Record

"Significant shift in approach" in bid to tackle Dumfries and Galloway's bed blocking problem

People will now leave hospital when they have a start date for care at home beginning – rather than when the care is due to begin

The Guardian - AU

PM calls voice a ‘mainstream’ concept; Liberal senator sends legal complaint over tweets – as it happened

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Ambulance handover delays fall to lowest this winter despite ‘relentless’ pressure

Just 41% of patients ready to leave hospital last week were actually discharged.

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Norovirus warning as cases now twice as high as last year

Ambulance delays outside of hospital improve for second week in a row

Wales Online

'Mark Drakeford must acknowledge the scale of the crisis in the Welsh NHS' | Plaid MS Rhun ap Iorwerth

Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, Plaid Cymru’s spokesperson for health and care, says the Labour-led Welsh Government is failing to acknowledge the depth of the problems gripping Welsh health services

Wales Online

Welsh Ambulance Service facing up to £15m in cuts

Union says the service is 'on its knees' and that further cuts would be 'catastrophic' as Welsh Government blames Westminster

The Independent UK

Welsh Ambulance Service facing up to £15m in cuts

Ambulance workers in Wales have been striking over pay and conditions since last year.

The Guardian - UK

Thousands exposed to severe harm due to ambulance wait times last month

Data for December shows record numbers of people at harm from waiting outside A&E and missed 999 calls by ambulance crews

Evening Standard

Call volumes during ambulance strike drop again as Londoners heed NHS advice

Total number of calls declined on Monday but not by as much as on previous strike days

Daily Mirror

Fire breaks out at Royal Gwent Hospital as patients evacuated and appointments cancelled

Royal Gwent Hospital initially announced that it had cancelled all appointments in its outpatients department after a blaze erupted at the site in Newport, Wales

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