NHS should ‘tear up the outpatient model’ – Sir Jim Mackey
Health officials said that the 10 year plan for health will focus on improving quality.
By contributor Ella Pickover, PA Health Correspondent
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The NHS in England should “tear up” the way it delivers care at outpatient appointments, the head of the service has said.
Around 130,000,000 outpatient appointments – procedures or appointments which take place in hospitals or clinics but do not require an overnight stay – take place in the NHS in England every year.
The majority of people on the NHS waiting list are waiting for outpatient appointments.
An estimated 7.42 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of March, relating to 6.25 million patients, according to official figures.
