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Shortages of senior staff, disorganised local services and the botched launch of the NHS 111 phone line mean Britain?s A&E services would struggle to cope with a major flu outbreak this winter, MPs have warned.
In a damning report on urgent care provision in the NHS, the House of Commons Health Select Committee found that emergency services were becoming ?unsustainable? as demand increased.
Less than in one in five A&E wards had enough consultants on duty and new trainees were turning away from emergency care because of the demands, the report said. The health service was ?flying blind? with senior figures at odds over the scale and cause of the increased pressures on A&E, and local health leaders were unsure which organisation or health board had overall responsibility for how GPs, A&Es and social care should link up.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ith-winter-flu-outbreak-mps-warn-8728878.html
In a damning report on urgent care provision in the NHS, the House of Commons Health Select Committee found that emergency services were becoming ?unsustainable? as demand increased.
Less than in one in five A&E wards had enough consultants on duty and new trainees were turning away from emergency care because of the demands, the report said. The health service was ?flying blind? with senior figures at odds over the scale and cause of the increased pressures on A&E, and local health leaders were unsure which organisation or health board had overall responsibility for how GPs, A&Es and social care should link up.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...ith-winter-flu-outbreak-mps-warn-8728878.html