Bed-blocking claim by NHS boss ‘a conservative estimate’ Claims by NHS England boss that bed-blocking delays look set to continue for “up to five years” is an underestimate, emergency doctors have said.
Mr Stevens made his comments to the Public Accounts Committee, during which both the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Royal College of Physicians (RCP) cited staffing problems as one of a “multitude of factors” that lead to delayed patient discharge, and Age UK highlighted the “ongoing crisis in social care funding”.
But the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has described Mr Stevens’ prediction as, “a conservative estimate”.
Dr Clifford Mann, president of the RCEM, said the current situation is “unacceptable”, and not “tolerable”. OnMedica News
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