29th Report - Sustainability and transformation in the NHS
- HC No.
- HC 793
- Published
- 27 Mar 2018
- Items
- 0
- Response
- No response document linked
Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee
Sustainability and Transformation in the NHS inquiry
Status: Closed
Opened: 23 Feb 2018
Closed: 23 Feb 2018
1 report
Inquiry scope
The Public Accounts Committee has a long-standing interest in the financial sustainability of the NHS. In 2016-17, the NHS in England received £1.8 billion Sustainability and Transformation Fund to help position it to weather lower funding growth from 2018 onwards. According to a report by the National Audit Office , the NHS’ overall financial position has improved: it has gone from a £1.838 million deficit in 2015–16 to a £111 million surplus in 2016–17. However, the report found that the NHS is still struggling to manage demand within its budget. For example, to keep up with demand for services, the Department for Health and Social Care transferred £1.2 billion from capital projects to fund day-to-day activities. This is significant because the capital budget funds projects the NHS needs to transform and be sustainable in the long term. The report also found that Clinical Commissioning Groups and trusts that manage NHS services locally are more reliant on one-off funding measures than before. This is also a risk to long-term sustainability. The Committee will ask representative from the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement about how they will ensure to put the NHS on a sustainable financial footing in the future, whilst managing increasing demand.Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 2018 | No witnesses recorded | View ↗ |
Correspondence
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| Published | Direction | Letter |
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| 3 May 2018 | — | Correspondence with NHS Improvement relating to subsidiary companies in the NHS, dated 27 April |
| 20 Mar 2018 | — | Correspondence with the Department of Health and Social Care, dated 19 March |
| 20 Mar 2018 | — | Correspondence with NHS Improvement, relating to subsidiary companies in the NHS, dated 15 March |