The NHS is implementing a new strategy to manage urgent and emergency care better, focusing on treating patients outside of Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments. Health Secretary Wes Streeting emphasized the need to address the high number of people attending A&E who do not have medical emergencies due to a lack of available GP appointments. The plan includes a £450 million investment for 40 new same-day emergency care units, additional mental health crisis assessment centers, and more ambulances. This initiative aims to alleviate the burden on hospitals and improve patient care.
This major plan sets out how we will work together to resuscitate NHS urgent and emergency care, with a focus on getting patients out of corridors, keeping more ambulances on the road, and enable those ready to leave hospital to do so as soon as possible.
Far too many patients are ending up in A&E who don't need or want to be there, because there isn't anywhere else available.
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