Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Government underestimates challenge of delivering NHS plan

Government underestimates challenge of delivering NHS plan While the NHS did balance its overall budget in 2017-18, there is a worrying level of disparity in financial health and patient experience at a local level.

The top-level picture hides warning signs that the NHS’ financial health is getting worse: increasing loans to support trusts in difficulty, raids on capital budgets to cover revenue shortfalls, and the growth in waiting lists and slippage in waiting times do not indicate a sustainable position.

It is unacceptable to simply offset surpluses and deficits in the presentation of these overall budget results. House of Commons Public Accounts Committee

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