NHS boss Amanda Pritchard says patients not always getting care they deserve

Patients are not always getting the care they deserve, says the head of NHS England.

Amanda Pritchard told a conference the pressures on hospitals, maternity care and services caring for vulnerable people with learning disabilities were of concern.

She even suggested the challenge facing the health service now was greater than it was at the height of the pandemic.

Despite making savings, the NHS still needs extra money to cope, she said.

Next year the budget will rise to more than £157bn, but NHS England believes it will still be short of £7bn.

Ms Pritchard told the King's Fund annual conference in London that demand was rising more quickly than the NHS could cope with.

"I thought that the pandemic would be the hardest thing any of us ever had to do," she said.

"Over the last year, I've become really clear.... it's the months and years ahead that will bring the most complex challenges."

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Source: BBC News, 2 November 2022