The audit office added: “The total health and social care sector funding gap, which fully reflects inflationary and demographic pressures, the need to transform service delivery, and build additional capacity to meet population need will be significantly higher.
“Given this serious and rapidly escalating situation, the report highlights the need for substantial progress to be achieved in transforming the delivery of health and social care services.”
None of the key waiting time targets for inpatient and outpatient care, accident and emergency or cancer treatment were achieved in 2015-16 or 2016-17, although they were lowered to take account of increased demands, the audit office said.
At an individual trust level, there was only very limited success in meeting the inpatient and cancer care targets, and none achieved the standards for outpatient care or emergency treatment in either year.
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