Hospitals have been told to free up as many beds as possible before ambulance workers go on strike next week, in a bid to ease pressure on the NHS.
The order to "safely" discharge patients came in a letter from NHS England bosses on Friday, who are concerned that the ambulance strikes next Wednesday and on December 28 will cause "extensive disruption" to the health service.
Rory Deighton, director of the acute network at the NHS Confederation, told Times Radio: “The amount of harm that will be done on the 21st and the 28th will be significantly higher. The letter also says outpatient appointments by senior doctors could be rescheduled so those doctors can go to A&E to decide which patients can be moved safely.The notice also tells hospital chiefs to “free up maximum bed capacity by safely discharging patients . . . in advance of industrial action”.
Another strike will happen on December 28 for those part of the GMB union which is around half of the total number of ambulance staff.It comes after Rishi Sunak refused to boost nurses' pay, despite the strikes, Tory pressure and unions warning of even more chaos in the weeks ahead.
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