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Extra £50 billion needed for NHS by 2030
Former Health Minister Lord Darzi has predicted that the NHS will need £50 billion more by 2030 to help cope with an increasing and ageing population and developing technology.
Having gathered support from government ministers, Lord Darzi’s comment follows Prime Minister Theresa May’s assertion that the government would devise a long-term funding plan for the health service, which many are speculating may be unveiled as part of the 70th anniversary of the creation of the NHS in July.
Writing as part of analysis for the Institute for Public Policy Research, Lord Darzi, a well-respected surgeon, said that the investment was critical as it is becoming ‘harder and harder’ to access care, predicting that £50 billion was necessary to ‘meet the demands of the decade ahead’.
With the NHS currently struggling to hit key targets, notably the four-hour mark for accident and emergency treatment, the IPPR report said such an investment would see the NHS budget rise to £173 billion by 2030, a date and a figure which would require significant improvements in productivity.
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