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<p>NHS Improvement and NHS England are taking a joint approach to reduce patient handover delays, including:</p><p> </p><p>- improved monitoring and daily review of ambulance handover delays by national and regional winter operations teams;</p><p>- targeted assistance to hospital trusts to improve handover performance; and</p><p>- the issuing of revised, detailed hospital handover guidelines, focussing responsibility on the wider system to address handover delays, including clear escalation procedures.</p><p> </p><p>Work is also underway to improve patient flows within the hospital, alongside improving discharge arrangements.</p> |