The health service hopes the initiative will help drive down the number of people waiting the longest.
Hundreds of thousands of patients who have been waiting for 10 months or more for NHS care are to be given the chance to travel to another hospital to speed up their treatment time, officials have said.
Some may say they would travel the length and breadth of the country while others can opt for shorter trips, should they wish.This could involve the use of the NHS’s “matching platform”, which was launched earlier this year to match patients with providers outside their local area. NHS boss Amanda Pritchard said the service should make the most of available capacity across the country
“So, whether a patient’s care moves to the next town or somewhere further away, it is absolutely right that we make the most of available capacity across the country to continue to reduce the backlogs that have inevitably built up due to the pandemic and provide the best possible service for patients.”
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