Forty-Fourth Report - NHS backlogs and waiting times in England
Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee
HC 747
16 March 2022
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Forty Fourth report from Session 2021-22 · published 27 May 2022
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Accepted in Part
The C&AG’s Report included two plausible scenarios under which the waiting list will be even...
Conclusion
The C&AG’s Report included two plausible scenarios under which the waiting list will be even longer in 2025 than it was in 2021. One of these scenarios assumed that the NHS would achieve the 30% increase in activity that is …
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Government Response Summary
The government agreed with the committee's observation, acknowledging that the overall NHS waiting list is likely to worsen before improving and pointing to the existing Elective Recovery Plan. It further committed to working with NHSE&I and stakeholders to develop future funding proposals for the next Spending Review settlement.
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Conclusion
Accepted in Part
The University of Manchester’s Voices of COVID-19 project has interviewed over 2,000 NHS staff to...
Conclusion
The University of Manchester’s Voices of COVID-19 project has interviewed over 2,000 NHS staff to provide a national collection of testimonies in partnership with the British Library. This evidence highlights the concerns of frontline NHS staff regarding the public dissatisfaction …
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Government Response Summary
The government agreed with the committee's observation, stating that better patient information and support is central to the Elective Recovery Plan and highlighted the launch and planned expansion of the My Planned Care platform to provide personalized support and information to patients awaiting treatment.
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Conclusion
Accepted in Part
Among comparable OECD countries the UK has relatively low numbers of hospital beds, nurses and...
Conclusion
Among comparable OECD countries the UK has relatively low numbers of hospital beds, nurses and doctors per 1,000 population and also carries out relatively low numbers of advanced diagnostic examinations.46 NHSE&I told us that it would take two to three …
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Government Response Summary
The government agreed with the committee's observation, referring to the Elective Recovery Plan which includes multi-year capital investment in diagnostics, elective capacity, and technology. It committed to delivering up to 100 more Community Diagnostic Centres across the country by 2025 to increase diagnostic capacity.
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