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CQC report shows investment needed in community new models of care, says NHS Confederation
Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, responded to the CQC report about urgent primary care services
“This report recognises that most urgent primary care services provide good care but that some areas could improve. We believe we have not invested at the speed or with the urgency required in new models of care in the community.
“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 per cent, whereas in the same period the number of GPs fell by five per cent. This was highlighted in the recent research we commissioned from the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Health Foundation.
“What is important is that the patient is at the heart of any system design. We have welcomed the Prime Minister’s long-term funding settlement for the NHS. Unless we increase investment and reform the services that surround our hospitals, the whole system will fail.”
View CQC report: Most urgent primary care services providing good care despite workforce and commissioning pressure
