Health leaders hope earlier intervention in local communities will prevent conditions worsening and ease pressure on overstretched emergency departments. Follow All Angles UK Breaking stories, sharp analysis and the latest updates. Britain’s NHS faces its toughest pressures during winter, when cold weather and seasonal illness can leave vulnerable patients needing urgent care. A new £40 million programme aims to intervene earlier, giving GPs extra resources to support up to 300,000 people before their health deteriorates to the point where hospital treatment is needed. The government-funded scheme will focus particularly on people living with heart disease, frailty, emphysema and other forms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). GP practices will be able to identify patients they believe are most at risk and offer additional personalised care...
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