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Think tanks call for NHS ‘Transformation Fund’
The report acknowledges that increased funding is hard to implement amidst large cuts to public spending, but warns that without the additional funds the NHS could face a rapid decline in quality of care.
According to the report, the proposed transformation fund would need to ensure proper accountability for public money. It argues that to achieve this, the fund would need to be appropriately resourced to allow the distribution of funding for transformation and enable the NHS to build an evidence base to identify ‘what works and how it works’, as well as the best ways to spread successful interventions.
Anita Charlesworth, chief economist at the Health Foundation, said: "While we recognise that it is challenging to provide additional funding for the NHS in the context of other services receiving cuts, the alternative is to risk a decline in quality and safety in NHS-funded care and a reduction to the services currently available.
"Without more resources specifically for transformation, the NHS will be unable to become more productive and the bill for additional running costs will only get larger."
She added: "The Transformation Fund should become a fundamental part of the DNA of the health service from here onwards."
Dr Johnny Marshall, director of policy at the NHS Confederation, said: “The NHS Confederation fully supports today’s report which calls for a national dedicated fund to drive forward essential changes to the way health and care services are delivered. We’ve been arguing for some time for greater resources in transformation to cover the double-running that is often essential for change to be effective. Too often investment has been allocated under the assumption that new services will automatically replace the current model and deliver benefits immediately.
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