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David Bennett, the chief executive of the NHS economic regulator Monitor, has warned that the NHS must once again start receiving annual multimillion-pound increases in its budget to help it survive what he describes as a “perfect storm” of pressures due to an ageing and growing population.
In an interview with the Guardian, Mr Bennett says that the coalition government's policy of giving the NHS “flat-real” budget increases was no longer enough to ensure the service could respond to the growing demand for healthcare.
“We’re not going to be able to continue to run with simple, flat-real funding into the indefinite future,” he said.
http://www.onmedica.com/newsarticle.aspx?id=61d64476-2b54-4f14-a19e-5e320f53f533
In an interview with the Guardian, Mr Bennett says that the coalition government's policy of giving the NHS “flat-real” budget increases was no longer enough to ensure the service could respond to the growing demand for healthcare.
“We’re not going to be able to continue to run with simple, flat-real funding into the indefinite future,” he said.
http://www.onmedica.com/newsarticle.aspx?id=61d64476-2b54-4f14-a19e-5e320f53f533