Wes Streeting has sworn 'to force the NHS to modernize', while the health secretary regretted how taxpayers 'pay more and become less' from health care.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is ready to announce billions of kilos of cutbacks to her spring statement later today while she clambers to balance the books.
And Mr Streeting admitted NHS productivity was a 'serious problem' for the British economy, public finances and the sustainability of health care.
In an article for time, he emphasized how there had been a growth of 17 percent in hospital staff since the COVID Pandemie – but only 4 percent more elective treatments.
The health secretary acknowledged that 'patients can see the inefficiency' when they use the NHS.
He gave the example of hospitals that sent several invitations to appointments by letter, telephone conversation and e -mail, as well as via the NHS app.
'The NHS loves the words' and' and 'more'. It must be the words' stop 'and' or 'Learn,' Mr. Streeting wrote.
He claimed, since Mrs Reeves strives for savings, that improving efficiency in health care can be equal to a £ 20 billion financing boost without having to increase taxes.
Wes Streeting has sworn 'to force the NHS to modernize' while the health secretary argued how taxpayers 'pay more and become less' of health care
Mr. Streeting gave NHS productivity a 'serious problem' for the British economy, public finances and the sustainability of health care.
“The good news is that, starting with such a low basis, there is a huge potential to transform the care of patients with much more value for the money from the taxpayers, by going further and faster about the productivity of NHS,” he added.
'If every NHS confidence was just as efficient as the top performers, it would be equivalent to an extra £ 20 billion, without having to pick up a cent in tax.
“New competition tables will soon keep providers in the right way, with incentives and heavy interventions to eliminate those left behind.”
Mr Streeting noticed how he was in charge of a department 'with a budget greater than the Portugal government'.
This means that “he has” special responsibility to keep taxes low, by keeping healthcare costs low, “the health secretary added.
He pointed out how Mrs. Reeves, at her budget in October, increased the NHS capital budget to more than £ 13 billion to arm the NHS with the equipment, modern technology and buildings it needs. “
“In addition to that investment, our reform agenda cuts out wasteful practices,” he wrote.
Mr Streeting emphasized how he took action to take action at Missed NHS agreements and to prevent hospitals from becoming 'Fleeced' by recruitment agencies.
He said that the NHS had previously had to pay £ 5,200 for a single doctor's service as part of an account of £ 3 billion a year for Temps.
The health secretary also claimed the abolition of Labor of NHS England 'will halve the workforce and terminate wasting duplication'.
“The truth is that if the NHS continues on the path where it is, it will have serious consequences for the prosperity of the nation and the sustainability of health care,” he wrote.
“But because of the radical reform that this government undertakes, we will equip the NHS to cope with our changing society and to make it affordable, productive and fit for the future.”
