Improving Quality and Productivity in the Nhs Whilst Facing the Financial Pressures a Joint Statement from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Nhs Confederation
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In the White Paper “Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS” the Government has set out a clear and welcome commitment to putting the needs of patients and the public at the heart of the NHS and to improving healthcare outcomes. But the Government recognises that in order to maintain and improve services in line with its objectives there will have to be significant savings made in current expenditure to release the necessary resources to reinvest.
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