Sunderland health services to be given more than £1.5million to cope with winter pressures on NHS

The city will receive £1,567,778 as part of a programme to help local authorities alleviate winter pressures on the NHS, with the Government arguing the cash will help to get patients home quicker and freeing up hospital beds across England.

The extra funding, part of a £240million fund announced by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock earlier this month, is aimed at reducing delayed transfers of care and could pay for home care packages to help patients get out of hospital quicker, reablement packages which support workers to help patients carry out everyday tasks and regain mobility and confidence and home adaptations, including new facilities for personal care, such as adapting a shower room if a patient has limited movement

The North East will receive £13,817,755 in total.