The boss of Northumbria Healthcare has warned that the trust will need to provide hundreds of more beds by 2040 due to an ageing population – unless the way people access healthcare changes.
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00:00The boss of Northumbria Healthcare has warned that the Trust will need to provide hundreds of more beds by 2040 due to an ageing population unless the way people access healthcare changes.
00:10Executive Medical Director Dr Alastair Blair admitted the figure was scary and explained that if nothing changed the Trust would need an additional 242 beds in the next 15 years.
00:22Dr Blair added that these figures did not take into account population growth as a result of the government's new housing targets.
00:28The Director explained that the way care was provided would have to change in order to keep the system sustainable.
00:34Speaking at a meeting of the Northumberland Health and Wellbeing Board, officials from various bodies expressed a belief that the country was moving in the right direction.
00:42Dr Blair said,