NHS Funding and Expenditure: Joint Statement on Health and Social Care, Pre-The Autumn Budget (BBC News / King’s Fund / Health Foundation / Nuffield Trust)

Summary

A joint King’s Fund, Health Foundation and Nuffield Trust report reviews NHS funding and possible implications for NHS performance against targets, and the likely impact on future access to health and care services.

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The Autumn Budget: Joint statement on health and social care. [Press release]. [Online]: King’s Fund, November 8^th 2017.

This relates to:

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The Autumn Budget: Joint statement on health and social care. London: King’s Fund / Health Foundation / Nuffield Trust, November 2017.

Further analysis of doom forecasting:

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Hawkes, N. (2017). Winter crisis? What crisis? BMJ. November 13^th 2017; 359: j5203.

Placing everything into political / lobbying context:

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Triggle, N. (2017). We want our Brexit cash boost – NHS boss. London: BBC Health News, November 8^th 2017.

Further contextual analysis:

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Pym, H. (2017). NHS battle for money: Where will it end? London: BBC Health News, November 9^th 2017.

Question: how might we bypass blatant partisanship and institutional / managerial self-interest?

“A new independent body – modelled on the OBR – should be established to identify the long-term health care needs of the population and the staffing and funding required to meet these needs”. (p.5)

Why would the Department of Health be unsuited to this task?

Possibly of interest, regarding cross-party attempts to secure the sustainability of NHS and social care:

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Pym, H. (2017). Social care: MPs seek cross-party group to ‘sustain’ NHS. London: BBC Health News, November 18^th 2017.

The 2017 Budget

“Philip Hammond announced an immediate £350m boost for this winter followed by £1.6bn more next year for the front line above the rise already planned”.

An early, predictable, assessment:

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Triggle, N. (2017). NHS Budget plan not enough, say bosses. London: BBC Health News, November 22^nd 2017.

Possibly of interest:

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Triggle, N. (2017). NHS pay rise: Are there strings attached? London: BBC Health News, November 29^th 2017.

Charity As a Welcome Top-Up?

Charity funding requests: a slippery slope?

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Norwich hospital begging to patients for donations, MP says. London: BBC Health News / BBC Norfolk News, November 23^rd 2017.