British Prime Minister calls for a crisis meeting to discuss the health sector file

Rishi Sunak.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gathered government ministers and directors of medical staff and health services at 10 Downing Street on Saturday for talks aimed at tackling a healthcare crisis that has seen thousands of patients stranded outside overcrowded hospitals.

The government said it was "bringing together the best minds from the health and care sectors to help share information and practical solutions".

The opposition Labor Party dismissed the gathering, calling it a "talking shop", and experts warned there were no quick fixes to the long-running problems at the state-funded NHS.

The health system in Britain is facing severe pressures, including increased demand for health care, after easing anti-pandemic restrictions, increased infections with influenza and other winter viruses, after two years of closure, staff shortages due to epidemic exhaustion, and the disappearance of European employment in Britain in the wake of its withdrawal from the Union. European.

Thousands of hospital beds are occupied by people who are eligible for discharge, but who have nowhere to go because there is a dearth of space for long-term care.

Official figures show that last week a third of eligible patients had already left hospital in England.

This has resulted in ambulances being parked outside hospitals with patients who cannot be admitted, and people with health emergencies waiting for hours for ambulances to arrive.

Health leaders say the delays likely led to hundreds of deaths.

Moreover, a cost-of-living crisis exacerbated by soaring food and energy bills has left some health workers struggling to make ends meet.

Nurses and paramedics have staged strikes as part of the largest strike wave the country has seen in decades.

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