Cure Over Prevention: The Boost to NHS Funding is at the Expense of Preventative Healthcare

Ismail, Nasrul

Abstract

In the 2015 Spending Review, the government committed to increasing NHS spending by £10bn per year by 2020. The article argues that combined with cuts to funding for public health, the boost means spending is focusing on urgent care and undermines the long-term prevention agenda. The article also explains that a more effective preventative health policy would decrease financial dependencies in the long run, and so the government ought to have invested in it as well.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 9, 2015
• Publication Date: Dec 15, 2015
• Deposit Date: Nov 6, 2017
• Journal: British Politics and Policy
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: prevention, preventive, NHS, healthcare, public health, spending review, urgent care
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/802038
• Publisher URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/increasing-nhs-funding-is-at-the-cost-of-public-health/
• Contract Date: Nov 6, 2017