Chris Whitehouse, chairman of the Urology Trade Association, discusses the impact of the availability of medical devices on management of continence issues affecting millions of patients across the UK; and how the NHS, when contemplating serious financial pressures, faces demands to reduce costs that reduce availability of medical devices and impact of quality of care.
In 2018, the NHS will be 70 years old. Despite hitting what is quite a milestone – made all the more impressive given how unique the health service was (and still is) when established back in 1948 – it’s unlikely the champagne corks will be popping at the Department of Health’s offices on Whitehall.
Why? Because it’s difficult to argue the NHS has ever faced a greater financial crisis in its lifetime.
When the Chancellor rises to the Despatch Box to deliver the Budget, the total amount of money allocated to the NHS will exceed £100 billion. It’s one of the biggest expenditures of government. And yet it’s still not enough.
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