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STPs 'present an opportunity to move care closer to home and moderate demand for hospital services', the King's Fund report says.
But it warns that plans to cut numbers of hospital beds are not credible 'unless investment is first made in services in the community', and that the ongoing NHS crisis could 'divert attention from work to transform care'.
The warning came as NHS Improvement said its latest findings on NHS trust finances showed that providers were 'experiencing one of the most challenging winters on record'. NHS trusts ended the third quarter of 2016/17 with a combined deficit of £886m.
NHS Improvement said severe pressure on hospitals had cut their income as many were forced to reduce planned care and focus on extra emergency work - GPonline reported on Monday that a fifth of hospital trusts in England had spent half of 2017 to date on one of the highest two alert levels possible.
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But it warns that plans to cut numbers of hospital beds are not credible 'unless investment is first made in services in the community', and that the ongoing NHS crisis could 'divert attention from work to transform care'.
The warning came as NHS Improvement said its latest findings on NHS trust finances showed that providers were 'experiencing one of the most challenging winters on record'. NHS trusts ended the third quarter of 2016/17 with a combined deficit of £886m.
NHS Improvement said severe pressure on hospitals had cut their income as many were forced to reduce planned care and focus on extra emergency work - GPonline reported on Monday that a fifth of hospital trusts in England had spent half of 2017 to date on one of the highest two alert levels possible.
http://www.gponline.com/stps-not-cr...le/1424828?bulletin=gp_commissioning_bulletin
(free registration required)
