If you had 100% recovery protocols FOR STROKE your existing staff could handle the load because they would get patients discharged faster. AND YOU CAN'T SEE THAT?
CSP welcomes waiting list plan but warns physio staffing shortages must be addressed
The CSP has welcomed the government’s renewed focus on cutting hospital waiting lists by removing patients who no longer require care and redirecting others to community-based services.
According to internal analysis by NHS England, many patients currently on waiting lists no longer need hospital treatment. The changes are expected to clear around 300,000 people from the lists overall. A particular focus will be on specialties such as gynaecology, where more than 600,000 people in England are currently waiting for appointments.
The plan involves transferring those who still need care into community services, but the CSP has raised concerns about the current capacity of the physiotherapy workforce to handle this shift.
Rachel Newton, head of policy at the CSP said: It’s clear that the government’s ambition to move more cases out of hospital and into the community will require significant physio involvement
'While reducing waiting lists is essential, we must also recognise that many people’s conditions may have deteriorated - becoming more chronic and complex - due to long delays.
'For this scheme to succeed, and for future patient demand to be met, the NHS must harness the growing number of physiotherapists entering the workforce and create more roles to support them.
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