‘We need reform of the NHS to avoid a decade of misery’

‘We need reform of the NHS to avoid a decade of misery’ MPs from different parties urge cross-party approach to solve underfunding of healthcare

As a cross-party group of MPs who have come together to campaign for a new settlement for the NHS and social care, we welcomed last week’s report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the Health Foundation.

The next 15 years will see an extra four million people over the age of 65 in the UK. We believe that the task of meeting the health and care needs of our growing and ageing population is the greatest domestic challenge facing policymakers over the coming decades. There has been a failure to grasp the true scale of this responsibility or to plan for the number of people living with multiple long-term conditions and the escalating costs of treatment.

If we carry on as normal, political parties will continue to duck the challenges, shying away from bold solutions Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• NHS: Ministers still wrestling with long-term cash needs BBC News
• We face a once-in-a-generation chance to reform the NHS The Daily Telegraph
• NHS needs extra funds for a 'technological revolution' in order to survive, Jeremy Hunt says The Daily Telegraph
• NHS guilty of 'ridiculous waste of resources' and could improve care without spending a penny more, top medic says The Daily Telegraph
• The NHS doesn’t need £2,000 from each household to survive. It’s fake maths The Guardian
• MPs turn up heat on ministers over ‘shameful’ health funding The Guardian
• It will cost serious money to give the NHS a decent birthday present The Guardian
• 'Shocking' rise in coroner warnings over NHS patient deaths, says Labour The Guardian