Lib Dems set out plan to end 12-hour A&E waits
Summary
The Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) in England have proposed a £1.5 billion plan to ensure patients are seen in Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments within 12 hours. They plan to fund this by canceling a deal with the U.S. that raises medicine costs. The plan aims to increase hospital and social care capacity to reduce waiting times.Key Facts
- The Lib Dems propose a £1.5 billion plan to cut A&E waits to under 12 hours.
- The plan involves ending a UK-US deal that raises NHS medicine costs.
- The UK government has already invested an extra £26 billion in the NHS.
- As of November, 50,648 people in England waited over 12 hours in A&E.
- Long A&E waits were linked to 16,644 excess deaths in 2024 in England.
- The Lib Dems aim to add around 6,000 hospital and social care beds daily.
- Their proposal includes a legal requirement for shorter A&E wait times.
- The plan also suggests expanded care home places and support for home carers.
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