Quality of care under threat as NHS enters watershed year

Quality of care under threat as NHS enters watershed year Nearly two-thirds of NHS trust finance directors and more than half of clinical commissioning groups (CCG) finance leads say the quality of patient care in their area has deteriorated over the past year, according to the latest Quarterly Monitoring Report from The King’s Fund.

The findings on the quality of care are the most worrying since The King’s Fund began tracking this question in 2012. Only 2 per cent of trust finance directors and 12 per cent of CCG finance leads said that patient care had improved over the past 12 months.

See also:

• New NHS inflation figures underline funding pressures facing the NHS The King's Fund
• NHS faces 'Herculean challenge' amid worsening care and finances The Daily Telegraph
• NHS trust finance directors critical of patient care quality The Guardian