{"id":291388,"date":"2023-05-21T00:39:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T00:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nybreaking.com\/keir-starmer-to-pledge-an-end-to-the-nhs-bed-blocking-crisis-by-boosting-care-sector\/"},"modified":"2023-05-21T00:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T00:39:13","slug":"keir-starmer-promises-to-enhance-the-care-sector-in-order-to-end-the-situation-of-nhs-beds-being-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/keir-starmer-promises-to-enhance-the-care-sector-in-order-to-end-the-situation-of-nhs-beds-being-blocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer promises to enhance the care sector in order to end the situation of NHS beds being blocked."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px;\"><img width=\"634\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/nybr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Keir-Starmer-to-pledge-an-end-to-the-NHS-bed-blocking.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sir Keir Starmer will vow to tackle NHS bed block crisis tomorrow (file image)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nybr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Keir-Starmer-to-pledge-an-end-to-the-NHS-bed-blocking.jpg 634w, https:\/\/nybr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Keir-Starmer-to-pledge-an-end-to-the-NHS-bed-blocking-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nybr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Keir-Starmer-to-pledge-an-end-to-the-NHS-bed-blocking-86x64.jpg 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" title=\"Keir Starmer to pledge an end to the NHS bed-blocking crisis by boosting care sector 8\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"91.0625\">n<\/p>\n<h2>Keir Starmer vows to end the NHS bed blocking crisis by boosting the care sector as he blames the &#8216;eye-popping&#8217; \u00a31.7bn bill for 13 years of Tory failure<\/h2>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">n<\/p>\n<li class=\"class\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">PvdA promises to give the healthcare sector a boost so that people can receive home care<\/span><\/li>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<li class=\"class\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">But Keir Starmer will tell his party he &#8216;will not put the NHS on a pedestal&#8217;<\/span><br \/><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">The party said there had been more than 4.7 million cases in the 12 months to March 2023<\/span><\/li>\n<p>n<\/ul>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By Brendan Carlin, political correspondent <\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-05-21T01:39:13+0100\">    01:39 BST, 21 May 2023 <\/time><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/de\/health\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/6.50.5\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>n<![endif]--><!--[if !IE]><!--><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>n<![endif]--><!--[if !IE]><!--><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/8.31.2\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--<![endif]--><!--[if gte IE 8]><!--><link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-fff\/2.4.1\/styles\/fff.css\" \/><!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE 8]>nn<![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]>nn<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>nn<![endif]--><!--[if !IE]> --><!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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for 13 years of Tory failure, Labor will instead pledge to boost the care sector &#8216;so that people can be looked after in the comfort of their own homes&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Sir Keir, who is launching Labour&#8217;s health mission, will tell his party he &#8216;will not put the NHS on a pedestal&#8217; and warned that fundamental reforms were needed as well as more money.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Party sources said this was a warning to Labor traditionalists that greater private sector commitment was needed to tackle the NHS&#8217;s treatment backlogs.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last night Tory party chairman Greg Hands hit back saying &#8216;Keir Starmer&#8217;s meaningless sound bites won&#8217;t do anything to reduce waiting lists&#8217; and insisted &#8216;only the conservatives supply for patients&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img\">n<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <\/div>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-295982ba9a8cba9a\" src=\"https:\/\/nybr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Keir-Starmer-to-pledge-an-end-to-the-NHS-bed-blocking.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Sir Keir Starmer will vow to tackle NHS bed block crisis tomorrow (file image)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" title=\"Keir Starmer to pledge an end to the NHS bed-blocking crisis by boosting care sector 5\"><\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Sir Keir Starmer will vow to tackle NHS bed block crisis tomorrow (file image)<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, in a damning judgment on the Tory stewardship of the NHS, Labor yesterday released new figures on the magnitude of so-called &#8216;delayed discharges&#8217; in England, where patients are unable to leave their hospital because care was not available in the community.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Based on NHS statistics, Sir Keir&#8217;s party said there had been more than 4.7 million such bed blocking cases in the 12 months to March 2023 &#8211; with an average of one in seven NHS beds occupied by patients waiting to go to to be sent home.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">That figure also contributed to record long waiting times for ambulances and in A&#038;E departments last winter, Labor said.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It admitted that the government had spent a further \u00a3750m over the winter on a delayed discharge fund, but claimed much of the money had only reached the NHS frontline in January.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Labor vows to fight the problem and is now promising to improve care and increase capacity by training an additional 7,500 doctors and 10,000 nurses a year.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It would also offer a new deal for healthcare providers to help deal with the record 165,000 healthcare job openings through better rights at work, fair wages and proper training.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Plans are also revealed to reduce &#8216;dangerous&#8217; emergency room waiting times.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When launching his NHS reform plans tomorrow, Sir Keir will say the health service has played a huge role in his life.  of her life&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img\">n<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-559560960f2fd30a\" src=\"https:\/\/nybr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1684631513_110_Keir-Starmer-to-pledge-an-end-to-the-NHS-bed-blocking.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Based on NHS statistics, Sir Keir&#039;s party said there were more than 4.7 million such bed blocking cases in the 12 months to March 2023 (file image)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" title=\"Keir Starmer to pledge an end to the NHS bed-blocking crisis by boosting care sector 6\"><\/div>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-559560960f2fd30a\" src=\"https:\/\/nybr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1684631513_110_Keir-Starmer-to-pledge-an-end-to-the-NHS-bed-blocking.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Based on NHS statistics, Sir Keir&#039;s party said there were more than 4.7 million such bed blocking cases in the 12 months to March 2023 (file image)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" title=\"Keir Starmer to pledge an end to the NHS bed-blocking crisis by boosting care sector 7\"><\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Based on NHS statistics, Sir Keir&#8217;s party said there were more than 4.7 million such bed blocking cases in the 12 months to March 2023 (file image)<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But he will warn that improving it was not just a matter of money.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He will say: &#8216;If we in the Labor Party just put the NHS on a pedestal and leave it there, that&#8217;s not good enough.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Mr Hands contrasted Labour&#8217;s &#8216;just yelling from the sidelines&#8217; 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