Stevens: NHS will be forced to open extra beds if DTOCs aren't cut

By Dave West2017-09-28T13:58:00

Source: Peter Searle

The NHS will have to open more beds – but would struggle to staff them – if there are not sufficient reductions in delayed transfers of care ahead of winter, Simon Stevens has said.

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