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CQC report shows investment needed in community new models of care. Niall Dickson, CE of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, has responded to the CQC report about urgent primary care services. “It is shocking that over the past eight years spending on primary care in England has fallen in real terms – indeed from the mid-90s the number of hospital doctors has increased by 72%, whereas in the same period the number of GPs fell by 5%. This was highlighted in the recent research we commissioned from the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Health Foundation. |
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CQC report shows investment needed in community new models of care, says NHS Confederation – (King's Fund: New NHS funding must focus on services outside hospitals UK Space Agency launches multi-£m drive to improve patient care with NHS England WAG: £105m boost to provide more joined-up care closer to home Cost efficient, joined-up services Partial integration will only provide only limited benefits Convenient but not necessarily appropriate/safe care Not surprising so many only want to work part-time Elements of care should not be provided in isolation Cost efficient, joined-up services |
