NHS funding model switch would bring upheaval and disruption

Responding to a report on health funding models by the Institute for Public Policy Research, the director of policy at The NHS Alliance, Dr Layla McCay, said:

"Recent findings in the British Social Attitudes Survey showed continuing strong public support for the NHS to be primarily funded through taxes.

"We agree.

"The NHS is already undergoing far reaching reforms addressing where, when and how care is delivered and its role in keeping people well.
 
"It is also in the midst of big changes in the way services are led, organised and held accountable.

"At the same time it is striving to meet tough performance challenges in the face of a relentless rise in demand and huge financial pressures.

"The last thing it needs on top of all that is a change in the funding model, which – as the IPPR shows - could come at significant financial cost alongside further upheaval and disruption."