NHS trusts will still have to make drastic cuts to key services next year even with the extra investment handed to them in the Autumn Statement, unless inflation and Covid levels reduce significantly 🔴 Exclusive from PMGallagher1
, which is currently over 12 per cent.
“If the extra cost pressure does materialise then trusts will look at all the areas they need to potentially cut – that includes things like capital investment where you don’t build those extra diagnostic centres or surgical hubs. It could mean you cut back on agency and locum spending and your waiting list grows.
“There is a broad expectation that the bite of inflation will be much more significant than the 3.2 per cent assumed in Thursday’s announcement,” she said. “As it stands, the growth in NHS funding over the next two years will be barely enough to keep up with the growing needs of an increasingly older population let alone tackle huge waiting lists. When push comes to shove, NHS organisations will likely be asked to reprioritise orAnita Charlesworth, director of research and the REAL Centre at the Health Foundation, believes the Treasury will come to regret their assumption that Covid has gone away.
“There are concerns many people are arriving at care with their disease more advanced than it would have been, so the intensity of their care that hospitals need to provide is even greater. And going into Covid, the NHS was really struggling to keep up anyway with an ageing population and more people have multiple long-term conditions.”
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