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Budget funding for the NHS

Nov 12, 2024 | bmj.com | Anita Charlesworth

Anita Charlesworth, senior economic adviser Health Foundation, London, UK Anita.Charlesworth{at}health.org.uk Increases will be tempered by low productivity growth The government announced £41bn of tax rises in the October 2024 budget, which, according to the Resolution Foundation think tank, takes tax as a share of national income to a post-war record high.1 Post-pandemic, the UK is moving towards a level of taxation closer to that in other high income countries,2 but it remains to be seen...
Investment in technology and prevention has to be at the heart of the Budget

Oct 21, 2024 | hsj.co.uk | Anita Charlesworth

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The next government’s stark choice: increase funding or see care decline

Jul 3, 2024 | hsj.co.uk | Anita Charlesworth

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How to turn prevention into reality

Oct 27, 2023 | newstatesman.com | Anita Charlesworth |Polly Curtis

In his conference speech, Keir Starmer said that a Labour government would be “fixed on a single-minded purpose to govern for the long term”. This was a week after “long-term decisions for a brighter future” was the slogan on Rishi Sunak’s conference lectern. In political circles, there is increasing acknowledgement that the UK’s culture of short-term, reactive policymaking is a problem. The failure to think and act long-term is nothing new.
The point of economic growth is to meet increasing healthcare demand

Jul 25, 2023 | hsj.co.uk | Anita Charlesworth

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Can we afford the NHS?

Jul 24, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Anita Charlesworth

The 75th anniversary of the NHS has prompted much debate about whether our most cherished national institution is sustainable. Public polling shows that nine out of ten people support the principles of a service that is free at the point of use, tax-funded and available to all, but more than seven out of ten expect this system to be eroded over the next ten years.
The workforce plan is welcome - but the NHS needs massive capital investment now

Jun 28, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Anita Charlesworth

For the first time in more than 60 years, government debt has just surpassed the totemic threshold of 100 per cent of national income. The chancellor is clearly worried and is looking at how to close the gap between low economic growth and rising public spending. With sustained economic growth elusive, his attention is on spending.