In further evidence of the huge financial pressure on NHS organisations, the Health Service Journal calculated that integrated care systems are being asked to make eyewatering efficiency savings of around 6% this year; much higher than the 4% demanded (and generally missed) before Covid-19.
Against this background, Matthew Taylor, the chief executive of the NHS Confederation called for a “new social contract” on health to mark NHS75 in July. He said there needed to be a “reset” between the centre and local organisations and the service and the public. And more money.
