NHS productivity reforms could prevent 20,000 early deaths annually, report says
A Health Foundation report says England’s NHS could prevent 20,000 deaths a year and save £33bn by reducing red tape and improving productivity. It says excessive regulation, short-term planning and limited capacity to deliver major change have held the health service back for decades.
The NHS in England could prevent 20,000 deaths a year and save £33bn by cutting red tape and improving productivity, according to a report from the Health Foundation reported by The Guardian. The report says reforms could also give people an average of four additional years of good health. It does not, in the supplied material, explain how the estimate was calculated or set out the specific measures needed to achieve the projected savings and health gains.
Research by the Health Foundation found that the health service had been held back for decades by excessive regulation, short-term planning and insufficient capability to deliver major change. The report presents those factors as barriers to improving productivity. The available information does not identify which regulations should be removed, specify how planning should change or describe the resources required to strengthen the NHS’s capacity for major reforms.
It also does not give a timetable for achieving the projected outcomes. The figures are estimates attributed to the Health Foundation’s research. The supplied report does not include a response from the government, NHS management or health-service staff to the recommendations.
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