Friday 8 April 2016

Jeremy Hunt is in trouble. This is his IDS moment | Chris Ham

Jeremy Hunt is in trouble. This is his IDS moment | Chris Ham The health system cannot survive under these financial pressures. The health secretary will struggle too.

The NHS in England is facing the biggest crisis in its history. Hospitals are running up large and growing financial deficits, missing targets for waiting times, and under pressure from rising demand at a time of constrained resources.

The government’s immediate priority is to restore stability to finances and performance. A large part of the additional funding announced in last autumn’s spending review will be used to reduce deficits in hospitals and support hard-pressed NHS providers trying to hit patient-care targets.

The unwillingness to recognise publicly what is well understood privately is storing up much bigger problems Continue reading... The Guardian

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