NHSPN reaffirms extra capacity as NHS winter crisis continues

The NHS Partners Network (NHSPN) has reaffirmed its offer to the NHS of additional capacities for 400,000 operations and tests, after the latest performance figures from NHS England revealed continued breaches of the 18-week Referral to Treatment time target. At the end of November 2017, 89.5% of patients due to start treatment were waiting up to…