England rushes to discharge hospital patients to ease bed-blocking crisis

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England’s National Health Service (NHS) aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care theSun theSundaily news London England NHSCrisis healthcare

: England’s National Health Service aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care homes and other settings in the next few weeks in an effort to free up desperately needed beds during one of its toughest ever winters.

The government said in a statement it would make up to 200 million pounds of additional funding available in England to buy short-term care places to allow patients who doctors judge have low medical needs to be looked after outside hospital and 50 million pounds to improve existing faciliites. “The NHS is under enormous pressure from Covid and flu, and on top of tackling the backlog caused by the pandemic, Strep A and upcoming strikes, this winter poses an extreme challenge,“ Steve Barclay, health minister, said in the statement.

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