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NHS and social care staffing crisis `not addressed in general election manifestos'
25 May 2017
The parties all recognised funding shortfalls, rising costs, demographic pressures, increased expectations, and changes in health technology and medical practice, the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance found.
The report noted 70% of NHS expenditure goes on staffing, stating “it is no surprise that as expenditure tightens, staffing issues are a growing problem”.
Professor Alistair McGuire, author of the report, said: “The growing crisis in staffing in the NHS, which accounts for 70% of total NHS expenditure, is recognised by all parties but remains to be fully addressed.”
Related publications
CEP Election Analyses Series ‘The NHS and Social Care: Prospects for Funding, Staffing and Performance into the 2020s’ Alistair McGuire. May 2017 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/ea037.pdf
Related links
CEP Election 2017 http://cep.lse.ac.uk/election2017/abstract.asp?index=5431
Alistair McGuire webpage: http://www.lse.ac.uk/LSEHealthAndSocialCare/whosWho/LSEHealth/profiles/ajm cguire@lseacuk.aspx
LSE Health and Social Care Programme webpage: http://www.lse.ac.uk/LSEHealthAndSocialCare/home.aspx