A study of health and social care spending has found that the Government focuses too much on acute services rather than investing in long-term preventative measures. The report, published by the Health Foundation charity, found that between 2015/16 and 2020/21 spending on the NHS is expected to have grown by 12% on a real terms per head basis, compared with a 25% cut in the public health grant. It argued the 'significant' spending reductions to the grant since 2010 meant the Government was 'storing up significant problems for the future'.
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