RCP president Professor Jane Dacre has issued a statement commenting on the publication of the Department of Health’s annual report and accounts for 2015–16.
Professor Dacre said:
The release of the Department of Health’s annual accounts is further evidence that as a service the NHS is underfunded, under doctored and overstretched. To adequately support the transformation of services and to sustain and improve patient care we need the additional finances from government to do this.
For the last few years the NHS has been asked to find a large amount of savings – now is the time to reassess and to revisit our national contribution to healthcare.
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