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The government’s chaos over Brexit has forced NHS leaders to delay publication of the health service’s long-term plan.
The document, which will set out how the NHS in England will spend the £20.5bn budget increase Theresa May has promised, was due to come out early next week, but that has been postponed until January.
Well-placed sources said the immersion in the Brexit process in Downing Street and the Treasury meant they lacked the “bandwidth” to properly consider the plan, which ministers hope will generate positive headlines.
Further tension between the NHS England chief executive, Simon Stevens, and ministers over how ambitious the plan will be – first reported by the Guardian last week – had also held things up, sources added.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...ces-nhs-leaders-to-delay-their-long-term-plan
More kicking cans down the road... 🙄
The document, which will set out how the NHS in England will spend the £20.5bn budget increase Theresa May has promised, was due to come out early next week, but that has been postponed until January.
Well-placed sources said the immersion in the Brexit process in Downing Street and the Treasury meant they lacked the “bandwidth” to properly consider the plan, which ministers hope will generate positive headlines.
Further tension between the NHS England chief executive, Simon Stevens, and ministers over how ambitious the plan will be – first reported by the Guardian last week – had also held things up, sources added.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...ces-nhs-leaders-to-delay-their-long-term-plan
More kicking cans down the road... 🙄
