Tough task: the NHS delivering for patients and staff in 2018/19

Tough task: the NHS delivering for patients and staff in 2018/19 Based on a survey of NHS trust leaders, this report reveals widespread scepticism about the ability of the service to meet performance and financial targets in 2018/19. It argues that patients' experience of care will continue to fall below the standards that trusts consider to be acceptable and that risk to quality and safety will grow, alongside the pressures on the workforce. NHS Providers