NHS 'splitting at the seams' in Lancashire despite figures above national average, councillor warns
The NHS is splitting at the seams as waiting times spiral out of control, a Preston city councillor has warned.
Nationally, the Liberal Democrats have demanded that the government releases in full the new money promised to help discharge patients from hospitals, as soon as possible. The £500m social care pot, announced in October, is being distributed in two tranches. “Far too many people in Preston and Central Lancashire are having to wait far too long to get the treatment they need. In many cases, this is literally a matter of life or death. People in our area deserve far better. Our NHS isn’t just at breaking point – it’s splitting at its very seams. We need action from the Conservatives.
The Lib Dems are also promoting a bill that would require localised – rather than regionalised – reports of ambulance response times to be published in order to ensure “hot spot” areas, with the longest waits, are identified. They want 12-hour waits at A&E to be calculated from the moment a patient arrives at hospital rather than the point at which a ‘decision to admit’ is taken – as currently – “so that the true scale of the problem is clear for all to see”.
“Attendance [at] hospital is higher than pre-pandemic levels. Attendances in December 2022 were 4.7 percent higher than December 2019, bringing the total attendances for the month to over 2.28 million. Overall bed occupancy is also higher than previous years, general and acute bed occupancy was 94.6 percent in the week ending 8th January, compared to 93.0 percent in the same period last year.
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