NHS scheme to reduce hospital pressures 'stalled' over lack of beds and staff

NHS scheme to reduce hospital pressures 'stalled' over lack of beds and staff A flagship NHS scheme to reduce pressure on hospitals has “stalled” due to a lack of beds and staff shortages, The Independent can reveal.

Hospital wards designed to treat NHS patients within one day are instead being “inappropriately” used as “overflow” areas for busy A&Es, according to research by the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM).