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number of doctors, nurses and other professionals we will need in five, ten and 15 years, taking full account of the need for better retention and productivity improvements. i have also listened to extensive representations about the challenges facing the social care sector. it did a heroicjob looking after children, disabled adults and older people during the pandemic. it s 1.6 people during the pandemic. it s1.6 million employees work incredibly hard but even outside the pandemic the increasing number of over 80s is putting massive pressure on services. i also had very real concerns from local authorities particularly about their ability to deliver the deal not reforms immediately. so i will delay implementation of this important reform for two years allocating funding to allow local authorities to provide more care
future. today we deliver a plan to tackle the cost of living crisis and we our economy. our priorities are stability, growth and public services. we also protect the vulnerable because to be british is to be compassionate and this is a compassionate, conservative government. we are not alone in facing these problems. but today we respond to an international with british values. we are honest about the challenges and we are fair in our solutions. yes, we take difficult decisions to tackle inflation and keep mortgage rates down. our plan also leads to a shallower downturn lower energy bills, higher growth and a stronger nhs and education system. three
secretary achieve that by advising us on how to make sure the new integrated scare integrated care boards, local nhs bodies, operate efficiently and with appropriate autonomy and i have also had discussions with nhs england about inflationary pressures on budgets. i recognised efficiency savings alone will not be enough to deliver the services we need. because of difficult decisions taken elsewhere, i will increase the nhs budget in each of the next two years by £33 budget in each of the next two years by £3.3 billion. the chief executive of the nhs has said this should provide sufficient funding for the nhs to fulfil its key priorities. she said it shows the government is serious about its commitment to
in funding under next two years, the biggest increase infunding underany next two years, the biggest increase in funding under any government of any colour in history. the nhs budget has been increased to record levels to deal with the pandemic. today i am asking the nhs tojoin all public pandemic. today i am asking the nhs to join all public services in tackling waste and inefficiency. we want scandinavian quality alongside singaporean efficiency, both better outcomes for citizens, better value for taxpayers. that does not mean asking people on the front line of an exhausted and burned out to work harder which would not be possible orfair. but it harder which would not be possible or fair. but it does harder which would not be possible orfair. but it does mean harder which would not be possible or fair. but it does mean asking challenging questions about how to reform all our public services for the better. with respect to the nhs, i have asked former health secretary and chair of the