Underfunded, underdoctored, overstretched: the NHS in 2016
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The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has long argued that we need to rethink the way we deliver healthcare: breaking down barriers between hospitals and the community, and working in partnership with patients to deliver joined-up care. To achieve this, we need a health service that is funded to meet the demands placed on it by our growing population.
‘The NHS budget has not kept pace with rising demand for services’
This report is the first of a series in our Mission: Health campaign which will be focused on three major themes – working for health, delivering health, and creating health.
‘The UK does not train enough doctors. Hospital teams are feeling the pressure of staffing gaps’
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The NHS in 2016 is under-funded, under-doctored and overstretched. Patients and communities deserve to know the true choice that we face: increase funding or cut care. The RCP believes they deserve more than that: an NHS funded and staffed to meet their needs, now and in the future. The...
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