Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: So after the #NHS had to raid its capital account to prop up its winter expenditure ...

So after the #NHS had to raid its capital account to prop up its winter expenditure late last year, it now transpires (according to the IFS) that #NHS funding will be shrinking in real terms.....

Yes, the #NHScriris can & will get worse... and the notion (being put around by #JeremyHunt) that the NHS can become more efficient by utilising #AI will mitigate a drop in real funding, is either madness or bad faith wrecking (or both).

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/04/nhs-funding-faces-biggest-real-terms-cuts-since-1970s-warns-ifs