HSJ this week revealed NHS England has told all trusts and integrated care systems to stop ambulance handover delays ‘immediately’, following serious patient safety concerns.
This is far easier said than done and we discuss the reaction to the letter and what is fuelling some of the worst ambulance pressures ever experienced by the health service.
Also the outcome of the spending review, which bits of the NHS have got lucky and which have missed out.
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