More home health visits aim to cut sickness rates

Health workers will be sent door-to-door under drastic new NHS plans to tackle sickness rates across England, according to reports. A community health worker will be allocated 120 homes to visit every month to see if help is needed under plans set to be rolled out in June, The Telegraph reports.

- ALEXANDER BUTLER

Health secretary Wes Streeting said trials of the scheme showed “encouraging signs” in slashing the number of heavy NHS users which he called “frequent flyers” of A&E departments.

A pilot scheme in Westminster, London, showed a 10 per cent drop in hospital admissions over a year, The Telegraph reports.

“We’re seeing some really encouraging signs about what can happen if you’ve got the right care in the right place at the right time,” Mr Streeting said.