The federal government has introduced 50 websites throughout the UK the place surgical hubs shall be opened to deal with the elective surgical procedure backlog, cut back ready occasions and supply a million sufferers entry to important procedures over the subsequent three years.
At the moment, 91 surgical hubs have already been opened, which means in complete greater than 140 hubs shall be open throughout England by 2024/25.
The surgical hubs will ship a minimum of 100 working theatres and 1,000 extra surgical beds, with round two million further procedures anticipated to be delivered by 2025.
Mr Dunne stated: “The Midlands’ allocation of £288m will allow a further 250,000 surgical procedures throughout the area to assist cut back the backlog, together with in Telford.
“That is excellent news for all of these ready for much-needed operations and coverings and demonstrates the federal government is investing in crucial NHS infrastructure as we get better from the results of the Covid-19 pandemic”.
