Monitor, 10 October 2013
- This report outlines the opportunities which are available to deliver better care and close the financial gap.
- Improving productivity within existing services;
- Delivering the right care in the right settings, including increasing care in the community;
- Developing new, innovative ways of delivering care;
- Making ‘one-off’ reductions in capital expenditure and staffing costs; and
- Changing the way health spending is allocated which is currently based on historic demand.
- Includes an accompanying report - Improvement Opportunities in the NHS: Quantification and Evidence Collection - which provides the data analysis and evidence behind this paper.
