Government must be honest about difficult trade-offs health service now faces

Government must be honest about difficult trade-offs health service now faces New analysis from the Health Foundation’s REAL Centre sheds light on the significant uncertainty facing the delivery of health services over the remainder of this parliament. While the welcome increase to the NHS budget will provide temporary respite, we warn that health and care services will face difficult trade-offs.

The extra funding announced in the 2022 Autumn Statement will mean that for the parliament as a whole (2019/20 to 2024/25), NHS spending will increase by an average of around 3% a year in real terms. But for the next two years the increase in the NHS budget amounts to 2% each year in real terms. The Health Foundation

See also:

• NHS cash injection won’t go as far as first impressions suggest Nuffield Trust
• UK health spending ‘to grow less than in austerity era’, analysis reveals The Guardian