NHS warned its ‘Monday to Friday culture’ is costing lives and wasting billions

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NHS warned its ‘Monday to Friday culture' is costing lives and wasting billions.

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The NHS must end its Monday to Friday culture to save lives and billions of pounds, emergency doctors are to tell Health Secretary James Murray.The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) says bank holiday and weekend slowdowns are associated with thousands of extra deaths and billions of pounds of waste.The college is preparing to raise the issue with the new Health Secretary Mr Murray and Department of Health and Social Care officials as ministers draw up plans for the future of the health service.The RCEM says hospitals are trying to cope with seven-day demand using systems that still largely operate on a Monday-to-Friday model.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Its president, Dr Ian Higginson, a consultant in emergency medicine and President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the mismatch is creating dangerous bottlenecks throughout the NHS.It comes as emergency care delays are being linked to a mounting death toll.RCEM estimates that 15,860 excess deaths were...

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