Capacity to Treat Private Sector Nhs Plan
In the forward to the White Paper “The NHS Plan: A Plan for investment, a plan for reform” Tony Blair set out New Labour's project of modernising the NHS in England through a combination of investment and reform. After a period of sustained underinvestment in health services the NHS Plan detailed how additional funding would expand hospital resources. Funding provided by the government to the NHS was set to increase in real terms by 7% per annum over a 5-year planning period. This commitment, it was argued, would reduce uncertainty and facilitate medium term planning in the NHS. Any extra ...