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Health Bosses are demanding an extra £3 billion for this NHS To cover redundancies and strike impacts, and warn that cost pressures are threatening GovernmentThere is a plan to reduce the waiting list.
Chief Executive Officer of NHS Confederation And NHS are providers asking for cash before next of the month BudgetAnd say that without additional funding, progress on wait time targets could be at risk.
They say there are three main costs that have not been accounted for in the NHS budget for this financial year: redundancy costs, pressures due to strike action, and High drug prices after intervention From donald trump,
Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said that staff “want to be engaged in delivering the government’s NHS reform agenda, but they have one hand tied behind their back because they do not have access to the advance funding they need to make redundancies, which would save taxpayers money.”
He added: “Unbudgeted redundancy payments, higher drug prices and the threat of renewed industrial action threaten to derail progress.” key wait time target and broader reforms that are needed Getting the NHS back on track,
While NHS Providers boss Daniel Elkels said the service was being left with the choice of “either balancing the books or cutting waiting lists and facing further losses that threaten services”.
Rachel Reeves This year’s autumn budget is to be presented on November 26, as it seeks to plug public finance deficits.
she is facing the possibility of being forced to use tax increases Or cut spending to meet its commitments to cover day-to-day spending with tax receipts rather than additional borrowing.
Its announcement comes after intervention from health leaders Doctors in England will be on strike for five days In November in the ongoing dispute over jobs and salaries.
BMA announced resident walkout last week doctors It will be from 7 am on November 14 till the same time on November 19.
Resident doctors – formerly known as junior doctors – have up to eight years’ experience working as a hospital doctor, or up to three years’ experience in general practice, depending on their specialism.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “This government has invested a record-breaking £29bn in our NHS – including £10bn on digital and technology transformation and £750m for urgent capital repairs – which reflects our unwavering commitment to properly funding the health service we all rely on.
“We know unnecessary strikes will take money, time and resources away from the frontline. That’s why the Health Secretary has urged the BMA to stop being selfish and start putting patients first.
“However, investment alone is not enough – it must go hand-in-hand with reform. That’s why we’re doing things differently: not just fixing the NHS but leading it through our plan for change. And it’s already working. We’ve taken more than 200,000 people off waiting lists, delivered more than five million appointments and GP satisfaction is finally rising.”