5 August 2016

Feeling the crunch: NHS finances to 2020

Feeling the crunch: NHS finances to 2020
Nuffield Trust August 2016
  • Analysis of how the £22 billion gap in NHS finances could be closed if things go well, and to raise some alarms about what might happen in practice if they don’t. 
  • The options for include NHS providers becoming more efficient; NHS commissioners reducing the pace at which NHS activity is increasing each year, either through reducing demand or limiting access to care; more funding for the NHS; or some combination of these.