Less For More?
It is a given that NHS frontline staff do an amazing job. But why despite the best efforts of our NHS staff, do we seem to get less out, despite putting more money in?
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Less For More
This is the first part of a three part investigation into the NHS, what it does in Somerset - and just as important, how many people do it. We think the results may surprise you.
On the 13 December the Institute of Fiscal Studies announced: “The NHS is treating fewer patients than it was pre-pandemic despite more funding and staff – suggesting a long-term Covid impact on the health service’s performance. The NHS carried out 14% fewer emergency admissions, 14% fewer outpatient appointments and 11% fewer elective and maternity admissions in the latest month of data than it did in the same period in 2019.”
We know that more money is going into the NHS each year. In 2015/16 NHS England accounts showed the organisation had worked to a budget of £102bn. For 2022/23 the Kings Fund estimates that NHS England will spend £152.6bn.
So what is going wrong?