Health Foundation responds to CQC State of Care report 2023/24

Responding to the Care Quality Commission’s State of Care report 2023/24, Director of Policy at the Health Foundation, Hugh Alderwick, said: 

“Following Lord Darzi’s stark diagnosis of the state of the NHS, the CQC’s latest State of Care report provides yet more evidence of the scale of challenges facing the new government.  

“The report points to the pressures right across the health and care system – with too many people going without the care they need, unfair differences between areas, and concerns about quality of care for some groups, including children and young people. 

“The new government has emphasised the depth of the crisis that it has inherited. Now in power, it is their responsibility to fix it. The start of a national conversation on a new NHS plan is welcome – as are promises to bring forward a plan for social care. But ministers must avoid repeating mistakes of successive governments that promised social care reform then failed to deliver.  

“Big ambitions on reform must be accompanied by investment. Labour should remember that its last round of reforms responsible for turning around NHS performance in the 2000s did so backed by substantial increases in spending. The Chancellor’s first Budget next week is an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to getting the NHS back on its feet.” 

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