Wednesday 10 January 2018

Mike Hedges AM welcomes Additional £10 million to help relieve winter pressures in the NHS announced  




Mike Hedges AM welcomes Additional £10 million to help relieve winter pressures in the NHS announced

An additional £10 million to help relieve pressures on health and social care services in Wales during the busy winter period, has been announced today by Health Secretary Vaughan Gething.



Mike Hedges said…. I greatly welcome this news; we are all aware of the tremendous pressure on the NHS at the moment and this funding will be a welcome additional resource for the treatment of people at this difficult time. Can I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the tremendous work undertaken by Health Service and Ambulance Service staff at this difficult time? The work they do really does epitomise all that is good in our public services, dependent as they are on the dedication of members of staff.

The funding will be used to support health boards, the ambulance service and social care services across Wales treat and care for the increase in people using services at this time of year.

It will help relieve pressure across the whole system from primary care through to hospital care and social services in Wales, for example enabling older people to leave hospital more quickly through the use of support packages where appropriate


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