NHS ENGLAND
Recovery , Resilience , Reform and Respect “ First we have ‘ Recovery ’,” she says . “ NHS staff are moving heaven and earth right now to deliver the Elective Recovery Plan , which is one of our biggest challenges . But this is also the most ambitious catch-up programmes in health service history .”
Where appropriate , and where patients are willing to be transferred , NHS England is implementing programmes to realise those transfers , enabling access to healthcare – not just between hospitals or trusts , but between regions – and is also strongly focused on spreading innovation in recovery and best practice across the entire country .
The second ‘ R ’ is ‘ Reform ’, and there are silver linings to dark clouds . “ The pandemic supercharged the NHS with innovation ,” says Rock . “ We started using new drugs , new technologies and new ways of working to treat those with the virus , and to care or all of the millions that had numerous other conditions .”
COMMERCIAL SPEND
The NHS commercial spend is in excess of £ 30bn per year . It ' s the largest spend in government
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