New ways to achieve value for money and barriers

This report shows how hospitals, mental health, community and ambulance services are finding new ways to provide better care and value for money. It finds that the efforts of trusts must be matched by a commitment from government for capital investment to modernise buildings, equipment and technology in order to unlock greater productivity gains. It also finds that barriers to progress on productivity include the impact of staff exhaustion and burnout, the disruptive impact of industrial action, and the growing numbers of patients with complex conditions needing more resources or staff time to care for them.