Cash cuts could scupper STPs

摘要

Whitehall's failure to fund local government could scupper 'ambitious' NHS plans to transform health and care, according to a new report by The King's Fund. The report on sustainability and transformation plans (STP) warned slashing council budgets would make it 'difficult to sustain existing preventative services - let alone expand them'. 'It said this was a particular risk because the Five Year Forward View - the driving force behind the plans - based assumptions around a 'radical upgrade in prevention'.