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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHospital closures inevitable and NHS operation rationing will continue, warns think-tank
John Appleby, chief economist at The Kings Fund, also warned services in some hospitals could seriously deteriorate due to the impact of the economic crisis.
He said it was highly unlikely the NHS budget would be significantly increased in the foreseeable future.
Against this grim financial background managers are being asked to get 5p more value from every £1 they spend, every year, partially to keep up with the increasing demands of an ageing population.
Patients have already experienced the effect of this. For example, nine in 10 trusts have introduced tighter criteria to qualify for a range of procedures deemed to be of low clinical value - including hip and knee replacements, cataract removals and weight-loss surgery.
Doctors and patient groups have argued that these are unfair and will be more expensive in the long run.
He said it was highly unlikely the NHS budget would be significantly increased in the foreseeable future.
Against this grim financial background managers are being asked to get 5p more value from every £1 they spend, every year, partially to keep up with the increasing demands of an ageing population.
Patients have already experienced the effect of this. For example, nine in 10 trusts have introduced tighter criteria to qualify for a range of procedures deemed to be of low clinical value - including hip and knee replacements, cataract removals and weight-loss surgery.
Doctors and patient groups have argued that these are unfair and will be more expensive in the long run.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9365881/Hospital-closures-inevitable-and-NHS-operation-rationing-will-continue-warns-think-tank.html
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Hospital closures inevitable and NHS operation rationing will continue, warns think-tank (Original Post)
FarCenter
Jun 2012
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ChazII
(6,207 posts)1. Eye opening to say the list.
After reading the story posted from your link I read several others posted below the story. It is not a good time to be a senior citizen in the UK if you need a hip replacement or cataract surgery.
Is the Telegraph a reliable source of information?
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)2. The telegraph is a staunch Tory paper.
Not as bad as the Daily Mail, but still pretty conservative.
ChazII
(6,207 posts)4. Thank you,
I appreciate the information as I tend to mix up names.
eridani
(51,907 posts)3. Hoping that there will be riots in the streets
--and that these conservative fuckers will get caught in them. NHS is the developed world's cheapest per capita health care system, that that's still not enough for conservative whores.