NHS plans to ration care access in bid to force through extra funding

NHS plans to ration care access in bid to force through extra funding Board meeting will discuss plan to ration and delay patients’ access to care after receiving less than half the amount called for in this year’s budget

NHS bosses are to meet to discuss plans to ration and delay patients’ access to care, which could set them on a collision course with ministers over health funding.

NHS England’s board will publicly debate what the service will and will not be able to afford to do next year after Philip Hammond gave it less than half the extra money it said it needed. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• Healthcare rationing: what does NHS England intend to do? The Guardian