Priory’s Reaction to Government’s Social Care Workforce Update

Priory responds to Department of Health and Social Care announcement on domestic social care workforce Government plans are a step in the right direction in how we think about social care as a career says Priory Chief Executive, Rebekah Cresswell, reflecting on this week’s set of announcements. In response to the announcement, Rebekah Cresswell, Chief […]

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1.65 million faced 12-hour waits in A&Es in 2022

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Data show 1.65 million patients in England faced 12-hour waits from time of arrival in A&Es in 2022: A new briefing by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, RCEM Explains: Long waits and excess deaths, reveals that in 2022 1,656,206 patients in England waited 12-hours or more from their time of arrival in an Emergency […]

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Crisis mitigation plan needs political will

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“NHS England‘s crisis mitigation plan can only succeed if there is political will to tackle the crisis….” RCEM says Responding to NHS England’s letter ‘Next steps in increasing capacity and operational resilience in urgent and emergency care ahead of winter’, Dr Adrian Boyle, Vice President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said: “We are […]

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