Press release: NHS Confederation welcomes the government's sustained commitment to investment in the NHS
09 Apr 2003
The NHS Confederation today welcomed the Chancellor's delivery of the Budget. Dr Gill Morgan, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation stated: "We welcome the Government's commitment to investment in the NHS, with overall spending rising from £65.4bn last year to £87.2bn in 2006. We believe that additional money is already delivering results. Real progress is being made in key areas such as cancer care, waiting times and giving patients a greater say about how services are provided. And after decades of under-investment there is a growing sense of optimism about the prospects for future improvement.
"We now need a further drive to tackle the capacity constraints that continue to hamper local improvement efforts. But we also need to give NHS staff the space and time to allow real innovation and new ways of working that will really transform the patient experience."
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- The NHS Confederation represents the organisations that make up the NHS. Our members include the majority of NHS trusts, primary care trusts and health authorities in England; trusts, health authorities and local health groups in Wales; trusts and NHS boards in Scotland; and health and social services trusts and boards in Northern Ireland.
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