Is there a health funding crisis?

• Parliament TV: Long-term Sustainability of the NHS
• Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS

Witnesses

Tuesday 18 October, Committee Room 1, Palace of Westminster

At 10.05am

• Mr Chris Hopson, Chief Executive, NHS Providers
• Ms Margaret Willcox, Vice-President, Adass
• Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell, Chair, NHS Confederation
  

At 11.00am

• Dame Kate Barker, Chair, Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England
• Sir Andrew Dilnot, Chair of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support
• Professor Julien Forder, Professor of Economics of Social Policy and Director of Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent

Possible questions

In the first session, questions will likely be:

• What is your view on the level of funding growth required for the quality of health and social care services to be sustained after 2020?
• Can the NHS and social care system wait until 2020 for additional funding?
• How significant is the current gap between what services are being asked to do and the funding available?
• How critical is it to redirect more funding towards social care, in order to support the overall sustainability of the health system?
• Should alternative types of funding (eg. charging for some services, encouraging greater private spending, limiting what the NHS provides) be considered?
• Would integration of health and social care make the entire system more sustainable?

In the second session the Committee asks witnesses:

• Are the NHS and social care systems sustainable over the long-term (2030 and beyond)?
• What are the Key conclusion of the Dilnot review and what progress has been made in implementing its recommendations?
• Can truly integrated health and social care services be achieved?
• Should alternative options be considered for the funding of social care?

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees

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