Health Board May Be Charged for Waiting Time Policy by English Hospital Trust

Health board may be charged for waiting time policy by English hospital trust

Powys Teaching Health Board is facing further resistance from English health trusts over its policy of intentionally increasing wait times.

Welsh health board accused of forcing delays for patients treated in England

A DECISION by Powys Teaching Health Board to instruct English hospitals to match Wales’s longer NHS waiting times has sparked anger and renewed calls for reform. Powys, which has no district general hospital of its own, sends many patients to hospitals in Shrewsbury, Telford, Hereford and Gobowen for treatment. But from 1 July, those patients have been told they must now follow Welsh NHS waiting‑time targets – even when the care is delivered in …

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Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Wales yesterday, the above and this astonishing news: NHS patients from Wales who need knee and hip operations in England face lengthy delays after a health board asked English hospitals to copy Wales’ longer waiting times. Powys health board announced the change as it could not afford the cost of how quickly operations over the border were being carried out, but patients have said they were not informed. ht…

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Emilia Belli Westminster correspondent, BBC Wales News Mel Wallace Mel Wallace was a keen motorbike rider but now, as she waits for a hip replacement, she struggles to put her own socks on NHS patients from Wales who need knee and hip operations in England face lengthy delays after a health board asked English hospitals to copy Wales’ longer waiting times. Powys health board announced the change as it could not afford the cost of how quickly o…

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Residents of Wales requiring hip and knee surgeries in England are experiencing significant delays following a new directive from a health board. Powys