Policy paper

Sustainability of health and social care funding: government response

Response to the Lords Select Committee report on long-term sustainability of the NHS and adult social care.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 20 February 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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Government response report on long-term sustainability of the NHS and adult social care

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-0217-4, Cm. 9504

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Government response report on long-term sustainability of the NHS and adult social care (print version)

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The Lords Select Committee report on the long-term sustainability of the NHS and adult social care made 34 recommendations in the areas of:

• service transformation
• funding the NHS and adult social care
• innovation technology and productivity
• public health, prevention and patient responsibility
• lasting political consensus

The government’s response states that significant efficiencies will be needed to make the NHS and social care system sustainable for the long term.

Published 20 February 2018