Winter is coming. How much would it cost to keep the pressure down? The evenings are drawing in, and NHS minds are once again focusing on the impending winter pressures.
Over the last few years, even the best run hospitals have faced increasing problems achieving the national target to treat people within four hours of arriving at A&E. The number of people attending A&E has continued to grow, as has the proportion admitted as an emergency. But as funding fails to keep pace with demand, the prospect of hitting the four-hour target seems to slip further away every year. Hospitals are now struggling to meet the A&E target all year round, leading the Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation to say the winter crisis is now an all year round crisis. The Health Foundation
Over the last few years, even the best run hospitals have faced increasing problems achieving the national target to treat people within four hours of arriving at A&E. The number of people attending A&E has continued to grow, as has the proportion admitted as an emergency. But as funding fails to keep pace with demand, the prospect of hitting the four-hour target seems to slip further away every year. Hospitals are now struggling to meet the A&E target all year round, leading the Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation to say the winter crisis is now an all year round crisis. The Health Foundation
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