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• What is in Thérèse Coffey’s new NHS plan?

  22-09-2022 20:07
  Key details from the launch of ‘our plan for patients’ by the health and social care secretaryWhat is the new NHS plan?The first Commons statement by Thérèse Coffey since taking up the post of health and social care secretary on 6 September was used to launch “our plan for patients”. The package of measures is aimed at addressing the deepening crisis in the NHS in England, especially the long delays patients can face when seeking ambulance, GP or accident an
  
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• Health secretary sets up £500m fund to discharge medically fit NHS patients

  22-09-2022 15:54
  Thérèse Coffey announces measure aimed at freeing up beds in hospitals in England before winter pressuresMinisters are setting up a £500m emergency fund to get thousands of medically fit patients out of hospital as soon as possible in an attempt to prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed this winter.Thérèse Coffey, the new health secretary, unveiled the move in the Commons on Thursday as part of her plans to tackle the growing crisis in the health service, especial
  
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• Why is the NHS in crisis, and can it be fixed? - podcast

  22-09-2022 06:00
  The UK’s new health secretary, Thérèse Coffey, has not taken on an easy job. Almost two-thirds of trainee GPs plan to work part-time just a year after they qualify, reporting that the job has become too intense to safely work more. A record 6.8 million people are waiting for hospital treatment in England, and 132,139 posts lie vacant across the NHS in England. Ian Sample hears from acute medicine consultant Dr Tim Cooksley about what’s happening within the NHS, and spea
  
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