Long-term plan goals dependent on social care funding, says NAO

Ambitions set out in NHS England’s long-term plan can only be assessed once funding for public health and social care have been revealed, the spending watchdog has warned. The £20bn plan, which was published earlier this month, equates to a 3.4% average real-terms increase in spending from 2019/20 to 2023/24. However, the National Audit Office…