HOSPITALS will open 50 further surgical hubs to hurry up Covid backlog progress.
Ministers have pledged to open 100 new working theatres at 50 centres able to one million extra operations per 12 months by 2024.
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Surgical hubs will maintain sufferers out of common hospitals and pace up operations, say well being chiefsCredit: Alamy
More than 6.7million individuals in England are ready for routine surgical procedure, up from 4.4m earlier than the pandemic, with the NHS wait record rising each month.
Health chiefs hope quick-fire hubs for easy ops will maintain sufferers out of hospital beds and bust the backlog sooner.
Ninety-one hubs have already opened and ministers have plans for 140 in whole, with 20 new or repurposed places already confirmed.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay stated: “In order to bust the Covid backlogs and maintain tempo with future demand, we will’t merely have enterprise as ordinary.
“Surgical hubs are a tangible instance of how we’re increasing capability to fill surgical gaps proper throughout the nation.
“These new hubs will ship extra operations over the following three years, together with over 200,000 this 12 months alone.”
The centres will do batches of comparable operations to hurry up affected person turnover, specializing in eye surgical procedure, bone and joint ops, gynaecology and urology, and ear, nostril and throat.
Patients shall be extra prone to get house on the identical day and recuperate sooner, bosses hope.
NHS CEO Amanda Pritchard stated: “The NHS has made important progress already, just about eliminating two 12 months waits for care by the tip of July.
“These new websites shall be a great addition in serving to us to additional sort out the Covid-19 backlogs.”
