The review will examine solutions for protecting and strengthening services in the face of current pressures as the NHS approaches its 70th year.
Summary of CSP recommendations:
- Ongoing commitment to the principles of the NHS, that it is tax-funded and free at the point of use – move the discussion on from options to investing in change
- Develop the health and care system to be more preventative, more rehabilitative, support maximum recovery, reduce health inequalities and empower people
- Continue progress with widening the GP team, including a national roll out of First Contact Physiotherapists linked to General Practice
- Expand multi-disciplinary community teams to support rehabilitation and long-term condition management, integrating health and social care, linked to General Practice.
- Where appropriate, move away from disease-specific rehabilitation programmes to reflect that our ageing population has multi- morbidities
- Provide an immediate increase in funding for the NHS and social care and introduce a formula for Parliament to decide minimum spending levels and annual spending plans
- Target additional funding to rebalance the system by developing primary, community and social care services
- Urgent reform of contracting and payment systems that are acting as a block on improvement and innovation.
- Evaluate the costs of market based commissioning and use this to formulate evidence-based policy on future commissioning
- Remove PFI debts from Trust budgets, and negotiate a payment holiday with companies while debts are reviewed and action decided for how they can be ended.
- Expansion and development of the non-medical registered workforce and the non-registered workforce in health and care.
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