How achievable Labour’s NHS plan really is – and the challenges it faces

spoke to healthcare experts about how achievable the party’s plans are, and what challenges they face on the road to achieving them.Labour has pledged to meet a target for most patients to start treatment within 18 weeks, if they win at the upcoming general election.

Sarah Woolnough, chief executive of The King’s Fund, said Labour’s plans to scale up weekend and evening appointments will rely on having enough NHS staff to take on the extra shifts.The opposition party also says it will cut NHS waiting times with 40,000 more evening and weekend appointments each week and set up shared waiting lists and collaboration between hospitals.

The House of Commons Library analysis looks at NHS data measuring the time between when a GP appointment was booked and when it took place, broken down by local NHS areas across EnglandLabour has vowed to provide 700,000 extra appointments annually and rollout recruitment incentives to encourage dentists to work in areas with the greatest need.

“We need all parties to grasp the urgency here. Without real and rapid reform this service won’t have a future.”Labour says it will oversee fewer cancer deaths by improving early diagnosis and doubling the number of NHS scanners. But experts say the plans need to go further to have a real impact. Dr Nick Thayer, head of policy, at the CCA said: “We welcome Labour’s pledges but there is room to be far more ambitious – our modelling shows that community pharmacy could free up 42 million plus GP appointments a year and administer all routine vaccinations.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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