Long Term Measures Needed to Tackle Delayed Transfers of Care, Wales

Main Category: Public Health
Article Date: 25 Jan 2005 - 16:00 PDT

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Wales - Plaid Cymru's Shadow Health Minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM commenting on the latest figures for delayed transfers of care or bed blocking as it is commonly known said:

"The Assembly Government threw £22 million at this problem to try and sort it out in November 2003, but yet again this short-term initiative cannot tackle the real problem, which is building up capacity in the NHS.

What New Labour should do is stop residential care beds closing. We should be keeping as many residential beds open as possible, there is little provision for mental health patients and in ignoring the problem of capacity we are setting a time bomb for the future."

DIWEDD/ENDS 25 January 2005
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