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Private healthcare services are normally provided as a top-up for NHS services (free of charge) or funded by employers through medical insurance as part of a benefits package to employees. Most private care is for specialist referrals from the NHS. Private healthcare has cut waiting times for some patients. [1]
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the move will shift the NHS "into the digital age" and help cut waiting times "from 18 months to 18 weeks". The plans would "put patients in the driving seat ...
The PM also welcomed a new agreement to expand the relationship between the NHS and private healthcare sector in a bid to slash waiting times, saying the approach must be “totally unburdened by ...
Wales saw record waiting times published in October, with the list passing the 800,000 mark for the first time. Part of the Welsh government's plans to tackle those waiting times involves more ...
NHS targets are performance measures used by NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the Health and Social Care service in Northern Ireland.These vary by country but assess the performance of each health service against measures such as 4 hour waiting times in Accident and Emergency departments, weeks to receive an appointment and/or treatment, and performance in specific departments such as ...
Handover delays - the time spent by ambulances outside A&E units waiting to off-load patients - got worse and there were nearly 6,200 ambulances delayed outside emergency units for an hour or more.
"The NHS improvement plan 2004", which also aimed to reduce waiting times for treatment and increase patient choice. It also listed disease prevention, inequalities and chronic conditions as priorities. [14] "Our health, our care, our say 2006", that emphasised a move from hospital care to the community, with an accompanying shift in funding. [14]
A Welsh health board may ask the NHS in England to delay the care it gives to patients living in Wales to save money. It means hospital waiting times could be extended by up to 11 weeks or longer ...