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<p>Our Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services sets out the
range of measures being taken to improve accident and emergency waiting times. The
plan is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/delivery-plan-for-recovering-urgent-and-emergency-care-services/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/delivery-plan-for-recovering-urgent-and-emergency-care-services/</a></p><p>Backed
by £1 billion of dedicated funding, the National Health Service delivered 5,000 additional
core hospital beds in 2023/24, and will maintain this capacity expansion in 2024/25,
to support patient flow through hospitals. Accident and emergency waiting times improved
year-on-year in 2023/24 for the first time since 2009/10, not including the first
year of the pandemic. The NHS Planning Guidance, published in March 2024, commits
to further improvements in emergency care performance in 2024/25, with more information
available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/operational-planning-and-contracting/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/operational-planning-and-contracting/</a></p>
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