The NHS will require substantially higher levels of funding over next 20 years

The most comprehensive assessment to date of the unprecedented levels of funding invested by the government in the NHS over the past five years is published today by the King’s Fund.
Five years on from his seminal report for the Treasury which paved the way for the 50 per cent real terms increases in NHS spending since 2002, Sir Derek Wanless’ latest review for the King’s Fund examines how the extra money has been spent; what the NHS has achieved; whether the pace and direction of government reform has delivered value for money; and considers what lessons can be learned for the future.

(Published September 2007, 321 pages)