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The chief executive of the NHS has warned that cancer and mental health care could deteriorate because ministers are not prepared to give the health service billions of extra funding in the forthcoming budget.
Simon Stevens said that the waiting list for hospital operations could hit 5 million, warned the service “has a funding problem” and that spending on the NHS is expected to “nosedive” over the next two years.
In an impassioned speech to NHS leaders, Stevens urged Theresa May to give the NHS in England at least £4bn more in 2018-19 – six times higher than currently envisaged – in the budget Philip Hammond will deliver on 22 November.
Stevens acknowledged that the coalition and Conservative governments since 2010 had given the NHS “modest” budget increases at a time when they were dealing with the fallout of the 2008 financial crisis. But he said Britain should seek to emulate the levels of healthcare investment in countries such as Germany, France and Sweden, which would lead to a £20bn-£30bn rise in the NHS’s budget.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...waiting-lists-could-hit-5m-without-extra-cash
Simon Stevens said that the waiting list for hospital operations could hit 5 million, warned the service “has a funding problem” and that spending on the NHS is expected to “nosedive” over the next two years.
In an impassioned speech to NHS leaders, Stevens urged Theresa May to give the NHS in England at least £4bn more in 2018-19 – six times higher than currently envisaged – in the budget Philip Hammond will deliver on 22 November.
Stevens acknowledged that the coalition and Conservative governments since 2010 had given the NHS “modest” budget increases at a time when they were dealing with the fallout of the 2008 financial crisis. But he said Britain should seek to emulate the levels of healthcare investment in countries such as Germany, France and Sweden, which would lead to a £20bn-£30bn rise in the NHS’s budget.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...waiting-lists-could-hit-5m-without-extra-cash
