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The north of England deserves a greater slice of NHS funding to help it close the health gap between the region and the south and boost productivity, according to academics from six universities.The north of England deserves a greater slice of NHS funding to help it close the health gap between the region and the south and boost productivity, according to academics from six universities.
The so-called “northern powerhouse” area, which covers 16 million people, should receive a disproportionate share of the £20.5bn extra a year the NHS has been promised by 2023, they argue.The so-called “northern powerhouse” area, which covers 16 million people, should receive a disproportionate share of the £20.5bn extra a year the NHS has been promised by 2023, they argue.
Increasing health spending per head in the region by as little as 1% could reduce the high rates of illness and early death seen in many parts of the north of England, the experts say in a report published on Tuesday.Increasing health spending per head in the region by as little as 1% could reduce the high rates of illness and early death seen in many parts of the north of England, the experts say in a report published on Tuesday.
Putting more NHS resources into health in northern England would inject as much as £13.2bn into the economy because it would cut sick leave and boost output, says the report from the Northern Health Science Alliance of universities, NHS trusts and local councils in the area.Putting more NHS resources into health in northern England would inject as much as £13.2bn into the economy because it would cut sick leave and boost output, says the report from the Northern Health Science Alliance of universities, NHS trusts and local councils in the area.
The authors, led by Clare Bambra, the professor of public health at Newcastle University, also included academics from the universities of Lancaster, Sheffield, York, Manchester and Liverpool.The authors, led by Clare Bambra, the professor of public health at Newcastle University, also included academics from the universities of Lancaster, Sheffield, York, Manchester and Liverpool.
“We have a once in a generation opportunity to improve health in the north, and we cannot ignore the profound links between health, the economy and productivity,” said Dame Jackie Daniel, the chief executive of the Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust. “This report makes a strong economic argument for investing more money into the NHS in the north of England, where it can be more effectively used to improve the life chances and the life expectancy of our population.”“We have a once in a generation opportunity to improve health in the north, and we cannot ignore the profound links between health, the economy and productivity,” said Dame Jackie Daniel, the chief executive of the Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust. “This report makes a strong economic argument for investing more money into the NHS in the north of England, where it can be more effectively used to improve the life chances and the life expectancy of our population.”
The NHS spends £2,892 per head of population on healthcare across the UK as a whole and the north is already favoured by the existing way the NHS in England distributes cash. It gets £1,553.73 per person a year on average, compared with £1,401.81 per person in the rest of the country.The NHS spends £2,892 per head of population on healthcare across the UK as a whole and the north is already favoured by the existing way the NHS in England distributes cash. It gets £1,553.73 per person a year on average, compared with £1,401.81 per person in the rest of the country.
The NHS’s distribution of its £125bn budget already factors in deprivation, with poorer areas getting more. Deprivation used to have a value of 15% in the funding formula but Andrew Lansley cut that to 10% when he was the coalition government’s health secretary.The NHS’s distribution of its £125bn budget already factors in deprivation, with poorer areas getting more. Deprivation used to have a value of 15% in the funding formula but Andrew Lansley cut that to 10% when he was the coalition government’s health secretary.
Meanwhile, the public want the NHS to make cancer care its top priority when deciding how to spend the extra £20.5bn a year it is getting by 2023, polling reveals.Meanwhile, the public want the NHS to make cancer care its top priority when deciding how to spend the extra £20.5bn a year it is getting by 2023, polling reveals.
Better quality cancer care topped a list of 16 possible spending priorities in a poll Comres conducted among 1,800 adults in England, who were representative of the population as a whole, for the IPPR thinktank. Voters’ second and third priorities were recruiting, retaining and training staff and better quality mental health care, which Theresa May has already pledged will receive at least £2bn extra funding by 2023.Better quality cancer care topped a list of 16 possible spending priorities in a poll Comres conducted among 1,800 adults in England, who were representative of the population as a whole, for the IPPR thinktank. Voters’ second and third priorities were recruiting, retaining and training staff and better quality mental health care, which Theresa May has already pledged will receive at least £2bn extra funding by 2023.
NHS leaders in England are due to publish a long-term plan for the health service, setting out how they will use the money to improve care, in the first week of December.NHS leaders in England are due to publish a long-term plan for the health service, setting out how they will use the money to improve care, in the first week of December.
Harry Quilter-Pinner, a senior research fellow at the IPPR, said the NHS needed to push through “fundamental reform” in return for getting the £20.5bn.Harry Quilter-Pinner, a senior research fellow at the IPPR, said the NHS needed to push through “fundamental reform” in return for getting the £20.5bn.
Ministers need to decide how social care can be funded in order to make it sustainable, the thinktank says, and should make personal care free to access in England, like it is in Scotland. The IPPR also calls for bold action on public health, including a ban on smoking in high streets and parks, minimum unit pricing of alcohol and the extension of the sugar tax from sugary drinks to cakes, sweets, biscuits and milk drinks.Ministers need to decide how social care can be funded in order to make it sustainable, the thinktank says, and should make personal care free to access in England, like it is in Scotland. The IPPR also calls for bold action on public health, including a ban on smoking in high streets and parks, minimum unit pricing of alcohol and the extension of the sugar tax from sugary drinks to cakes, sweets, biscuits and milk drinks.
NHS England hinted that they may be about to increase the share of funding that goes to the north of England. A spokesperson said: “As Simon Stevens said earlier this year, the NHS Long Term Plan will have an explicit focus on tackling health inequalities, and this will include targeting additional funding at high deprivation high need patients and communities.”NHS England hinted that they may be about to increase the share of funding that goes to the north of England. A spokesperson said: “As Simon Stevens said earlier this year, the NHS Long Term Plan will have an explicit focus on tackling health inequalities, and this will include targeting additional funding at high deprivation high need patients and communities.”
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