Federal leaders have urged government Further provide additional funds to help National Health Service Recovering from the backlog caused by the coronavirus, as billions of pounds of new funding is described as a good first step.
Officials warned on Monday that the waiting list for conventional operations such as hip replacement and cataract surgery could reach 13 million.
Previously, the government stated that it would provide an additional £5.4 billion to the NHS in the next six months to continue to respond to the coronavirus and resolve the backlog caused by the pandemic.
But the ministers were urged to “follow up its expenditure review, and the NHS will need an additional £10 billion a year in the next three years to avoid cuts in patient services”.
The Ministry of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced new funding and stated that £1 billion of it will be dedicated to clearing the waiting list for patients due to Covid-19, while £2.8 billion will be allocated for the following expenses: better Control the infection in order to continue to prevent the virus.
Another £478 million will be used to discharge patients to free up beds.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson Said: “During the pandemic, the NHS has been around us, but treating Covid patients has caused a large backlog.
“The funds will be used directly on the front line to provide more patients with the treatment they need but the treatment speed is not fast enough.
“We will continue to ensure that our NHS has everything needed to resolve the Covid backlog and help health services recover from the worst pandemic in a century.”
Sanitation Committee Sajid Javid Said: “We know that the waiting list will get worse as people actively ask for help. I want to assure you that the NHS is open and we are doing everything we can to support the NHS in providing patients with routine surgery and treatment. patient.”
Health leaders welcomed the investment, but also warned that the government needs to do more.
In a joint statement, the CEO of the NHS Federation Matthew Taylor And Saffron Cordery, Deputy CEO of NHS Providers, said: “NHS can now continue to complete the arduous tasks it faces, and we expect this to be one of the most challenging winters facing the service.
“The government’s task now is to follow up on its expenditure review and require an additional £10 billion a year for the NHS in the next three years to avoid cuts in patient services.”
They said that the clarity of funding has already appeared at the “end of the year”, but this means that hospitals, ambulances, mental health, community and primary care services can finally plan their services with the available budget.
The two added that the NHS will be hampered by a shortage of key personnel, which will make clearing the backlog more difficult, which may take five to seven years to clear.
Anita Charlesworth, Director of Research at the Health Foundation, described the statement as a reminder of the scale and lasting impact of the pandemic on the NHS, as Covid-19 spent 15 billion pounds on the NHS this year. The additional costs are similar to those incurred last year.
She said: “It is important that the government recognizes that this is only the first part of the huge amount of funding needed to put the NHS on the road to recovery.”
Although Dr. Chaand Nagpaul, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the British Medical Association (BMA), described the funding as “the first step to deal with immediate pressure,” he added that “the scale of the backlog is huge and unprecedented in the history of the NHS.” .
He said that there are 5.45 million people on the waiting list, compared to 4 million before the pandemic.
He added: “The NHS urgently needs the current government to provide long-term and sustained funding to enable us to solve all the backlog problems and give the NHS an opportunity to meet the continuing health needs of our country.”
About 500 million pounds of funds announced on Monday will be used to open additional theater capacity and use new technology to increase the number of operations that can be performed.
This funding provides gratifying certainty for the NHS
The funds are used only in England, and the decentralized countries have allocated up to 1 billion pounds.
NHS Chief Executive Officer Amanda Pritchard said: “This funding provides the NHS with gratifying certainty. The NHS has done everything possible to restore services while taking care of thousands of people during the toughest summer ever. Severely ill Covid patients requiring hospitalization.
“This additional investment will enable the NHS to provide more inspections, scans and procedures, and help deal with the ongoing costs and pandemic pressures as the NHS enters the winter.”
The prime minister is expected to link the recovery of the NHS with the medical and social care funding announcement scheduled for Tuesday.
