Today @HealthFdn publishes new analysis revealing the daunting scale of financial challenge facing health and care post-COVID

https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/news/new-analysis-reveals-scale-of-financial-challenge-facing-health-care-post-covid

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“Given the economic uncertainty we are facing, the extra £3bn expected for the NHS next year is important investment but as this analysis shows, it is not enough to address the backlog resulting from the pandemic and other pressures…

- @NHSE_Danny

#NHSReset

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…these extra pressures include the increased demand for mental health and community services. Health leaders are telling us their staff are caring for patients with what feels like one arm tied behind their backs due to the pressures from coronavirus…

- @NHSE_Danny

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…and they are doing so with equipment, IT and buildings in desperate need of investment, as well as additional funding being long overdue across staff training and education, social care and public health.

- @NHSE_Danny

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…The Government has major challenges ahead but now is not the time to close the chequebook as this will only create worse problems down the line. There is unfinished business that needs addressing"

- @NHSE_Danny

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This afternoon at our #NHSReset conference, @NHSE_Danny will chair a session with @AnitaCTHF, who will reveal the findings in more detail.

More info on the conference here
https://www.nhsconfed.org/events/2020/11/nhs-reset-conference

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