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Title: House of Commons Health Committee: Public Expenditure Thirteenth Report of Session 2010-12: Volume 1 Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence
The Skinny: This report is a review of progress within the health and care system towards meeting ‘The Nicholson Challenge’ to find £20bn in efficiency savings by 2014-15 against the backdrop of unprecedented healthcare reform. It identifies that the key pressures which are building in the system arise from the fact that demand is continuing to grow at a time when health and social care budgets have stopped growing. In order to achieve this it recognises the importance of developing new structures which deliver genuinely integrated services.
In order to achieve these savings it suggests hospitals were resorting to short-term “salami slicing” and that “The reorganisation process continues to complicate the push for efficiency gains”. The reforms have facilitated savings in some cases, but the report suggest that it more often creates disruption and distraction that hinders the ability of organisations to consider truly effective ways of reforming service delivery and releasing savings. The report also notes a “marked disconnect between the concerns expressed by those responsible for delivering services and the relative optimism of the government” when it comes to achieving the cuts
Publisher: TSO
Published: January 24th 2012
Size: 138p.
Additional Document: House of Commons Health Committee: Public Expenditure, Thirteenth Report of Session 2010-12: Volume 2: Additional Written Evidence
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