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£1 billion of existing funding is being allocated and there are also measures to try to reduce the number of patients who turn up at a&e and then stay overnight. but there are questions about how the extra resources will be staffed and some health experts warn they will be undermined by a burnt out workforce. 0ur health correspondent katherine da costa has the details. hi, are you? nice to see you. after weeks of unprecedented strain on the nhs and criticism over record delays in a&e. it s incredibly complicated, actually, managing the flow through. ..the prime minister and health secretary were keen to hear what s working well at north tees hospital. it s a model that we need to make sure we can do more of across the country. thank you. ..ahead of setting out new plans in front of an audience of health staff. more beds, more ambulances, more staff, better social care, and if we can deliver on it, if we can deliver on it, then i think we will see, in fact, i know we will see the l
really important that the government publishes a long term workforce strategy for the nhs, a plan that has now been promised and delayed quite often, because that s absolutely critical. we have 100,000 vacancies in at the nhs, more than 150,000 vacancies in social care, so staffing really becomes the absolutely critical constraint about whether some of the ambitions and improvements in today s plan will be able to be delivered. labour has accused the government of watering down standards by lowering ambulance and a&e targets. the government says it will publish a plan to boost the workforce in england. there is still a long way to go if we are to avoid long queues and waits like this next winter. katherine da costa, bbc news. let s get more with our health correspondent nick triggle. and nick, can this plan really tackle the problems in the timescale being talked about? it would be astonishing in the short