Liberal Democrats We must winterproof the NHS




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John, the NHS faces another winter crisis, and lives are at risk.

Research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats shows over one million
patients have waited 12+ hours in A&E this year - a 20% increase from last year.



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This is a matter of life or death - long A&E delays have been linked to around
14,000 excess deaths last year.

With the Budget next week, we’re urgently calling on the Chancellor to
winterproof the NHS.

Over the past seven years, the Government has announced an average of £376
million of emergency funding each year to tackle the NHS winter crisis.

Under the Liberal Democrat's proposal, a new Winter Taskforce would instead
manage a ringfenced fund of £1.5 billion over the next four years, to build
resilience in hospital wards, A&E departments, ambulance services and patient
discharging.

Instead of emergency funding allocated at the last minute, this ring-fenced
budget would allow NHS trusts to plan and allocate resources efficiently.

This would help break the deadly cycle of annual NHS winter crises.

Today, Daisy Cooper MP urged the Government to back our Winter Taskforce at
Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions:



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The Conservatives left the NHS in a dreadful state. Patients have been forced
into A&E because they can’t get the community care they need, like getting a GP
appointment. Meanwhile, patients who are well enough to leave hospital can’t
because they can’t get social care.

It’s why fixing the NHS and social care should be a top priority. The new
Labour Government must be bolder.

We must winterproof the NHS now.



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