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09/01/2015
British Red Cross Drafted In To Help With A&E Crisis
The British Red Cross are being called in to help the NHS deal with the Accident & Emergency crisis.
Figures released this week showed the NHS missed its A&E waiting time target, its worst performance in 10 years.
Volunteers from the relief charity are helping to transport patients.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said: "The Tories want to blame the patients – but the NHS is in crisis because of decisions made by David Cameron.
"His government has made it harder for families to see a GP while cuts in social care have left vulnerable and elderly people at risk.
"Clearing up this mess will require the long-term investment only Labour is prepared to make: 8,000 extra GPs, 5,000 more homecare workers, 3,000 more midwives and 20,000 additional nurses.
"But the scale of the current crisis also demands immediate action."
(CD/IT)
Figures released this week showed the NHS missed its A&E waiting time target, its worst performance in 10 years.
Volunteers from the relief charity are helping to transport patients.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said: "The Tories want to blame the patients – but the NHS is in crisis because of decisions made by David Cameron.
"His government has made it harder for families to see a GP while cuts in social care have left vulnerable and elderly people at risk.
"Clearing up this mess will require the long-term investment only Labour is prepared to make: 8,000 extra GPs, 5,000 more homecare workers, 3,000 more midwives and 20,000 additional nurses.
"But the scale of the current crisis also demands immediate action."
(CD/IT)
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Birmingham Women's Healthcare Trust have won a bid to run the new Genetics Education and Development Centre. The Centre, which will educate NHS staff about genetics and the role it plays in modern healthcare, is part of the Government's wider £50 million strategy to make sure that patients benefit from the latest developments in genetic knowledge.
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